Refugee students get lessons over radio during Kenya school shutdown
Teachers broadcast classes over community radio to keep refugee students learning. By Alan Mwika in Dadaab, Kenya In normal times, Amina Hassan would stand in front of her class at Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya. But with schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Online learning program empowers refugees to pursue higher education
Master’s student in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp plays active role in campus life at Canada’s York University By Lauren La Rose Abdikadir Bare Abikar has never seen York University in person, yet distance has proved to be no barrier for the graduate student who has...
Ethiopian refugees in Kenya make an emotional return home
Dozens of refugees return home to eastern Ethiopia from Kenya’s Kakuma camp. By Catherine Wachiaya in Nairobi, Kenya Ever since Ardo Hassan Kowdan fled Ethiopia to Kenya 11 years ago, she had dreamed of the day she could go home. As she boarded a plane in Kakuma, in...