Ebengo Honore is the founder of Advocacy Initiative for Youth Development (AdIYD2) in Kakuma, and co-authored the Peace and Conflict Resolution campaign, and leads community development initiatives.
In 2017, The Guardian profiled Mesfin Getahun, a refugee from Ethiopia who arrived in Kakuma with nothing but built one of the region’s top wholesale businesses. Rather than resettle in the U.S. when his family was finally selected to do so, Getahun refused to go
Once known as a temporary refuge for the displaced, Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp is undergoing a transformation that could redefine how the world views refugee economies. Founded in 1992 to house people fleeing conflict...
Kakuma, once a remote refugee camp in Kenya’s northwest, is entering a historic new phase. Established in 1992 during the civil wars in South Sudan and the Horn of Africa and built for 70,000, the camp now houses over 300,000 people.
