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Progress on the Opening of the Community Technology Access Centre in Kakuma
news UNHCR SO Kakuma, 17 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )On 17 August UNHCR Kakuma hosted a visit by Mr. Allan Torrie, president and CEO of Morneau Shepell, a Canadian human resource consulting company which is emerging as one of Kakuma's primary private donors. Morneau Shepell is currently funding the construction of a Community Technology Access Centre... -
Joint Protection Mission to Kakuma
news UNHCR SO Kakuma, 19 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )A mission is being organized from 24 August to 2 September to assess the key protection and displacement concerns in relation to the current drought facing the Turkana region of Kenya. The mission will assess the capacity of UNHCR and partners to respond to the protection concerns of those affected... -
Assessment Mission on Climate Change
news UNHCR SO Kakuma, 19 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )Planning is underway for a mission by UNHCR colleagues in early October to undertake an assessment of the environmental situation in the Turkana region of Kenya with the aim of developing a long-term strategy for mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into UNHCR operatio... -
Life saving efforts in Ethiopia continue
news UNHCR, 19 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )In Ethiopia, a large scale effort has meanwhile been underway to address the high mortality rates among new arrivals from Somalia. Malnutrition remains the leading cause of death but the situation is being compounded by suspected measles and other diseases. Children under the age of five, already... -
Children bear brunt of Somali refugee crisis
news UNHCR Briefing Notes, 06 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )Somali children are the biggest victims of the refugee crisis in the Horn of Africa, according to the latest profiling data collected by UNHCR in Ethiopia. The most recent demographic breakdown of the Somali influx into Ethiopia shows that children under the age of 18 are the largest age group amon... -
UNHCR scaling up operations inside Somalia
news UNHCR Briefing Notes, 9/09/2011, 09 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )Amid assessments of a somewhat improved security situation in some parts of Somalia, UNHCR is scaling up its presence in Somalia’s border regions and in Mogadishu. Yesterday, a UNHCR team undertook a mission to Liboi (Kenya) and Dobley (Lower Juba), which is the main transit point on the route to Da... -
UNHCR’s ExCom Chairman to visit Ethiopia, Kenya amid Horn of Africa crisis
news UNHCR Briefing Notes, 23/09/2011, 23 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )The head of UNHCR’s Executive Committee, Ambassador Hisham Badr of Egypt, will be visiting refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya starting this Sunday week to see for himself the situation there amid the ongoing crisis in the Horn of Africa. <p>The visit follows High Commissioner António Guterres’ m... -
Unaccompanied Somali teens at risk in bid to reach safety in Ethiopia
news UNHCR News Stories, 30 September 2011, 30 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )DOLLO ADO, Ethiopia, September 30 (UNHCR) – When Hassen Ibrahim arrived recently in Ethiopia, the teenager had not seen his parents for more than two years. "As the eldest son, I stayed behind to take care of my grandmother, who was too sick to travel," explained the 15-year-old, shortly after cross... -
Somali refugees learn to live together in new tented town rising in Kenya
news UNHCR News Stories, 19 September 2011, 19 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )IFO EXTENSION, Kenya, September 19 (UNHCR) – In a windy desert camp, two women vigorously insult each other over who will be the first to fill their plastic can with water. Either side of a standpipe, they hurl epithets. For much of their lives, the women have been accustomed to travelling several k... -
Hope wins out as Somali refugee heads to Salt Lake City for a new life
news UNHCR News Stories, 9 September 2011, 09 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )DADAAB, Kenya, Sept 9 (UNHCR) – Muhioadin Ahmed Aden stares out at the horizon, knowing that the second most important journey of his life will begin today. A struggle within his heart, between despair and a desperate enduring hope, has finally come to a conclusion. <p>His family sits by his side...