Kakuma News Reflector – A Refugee Free Press
Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, serves people who have been forcibly displaced from their home countries due to war or persecution from countries such as Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia andSudan. It is administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and, according to their current statistics, the camp population stands at just under 50,000 refugees.
Produced by journalists from each of the countries of origin is the independant news magazine KANERE, or the Kakuma News Reflector. The magazine was started to create a more open vision of society within the refugee camp and a platform for fair public debate on refugee affairs. The magazine contents include:
- a letter from the editor introducing the contents
- Arts
- Community and Culture
- Education
- Health
- Peace and Security
- Human Rights
- News Updates
Also, international contributers add to the online magazine. A print version of this is distrubuted within the camp.
The opportunity for communication that this magazine provides in invaluable to the refugees. Once they are admitted to the camp they cannot move freely around the country but must apply for a permit. The refugees now have a voice and readerc can learn what life in a refugee camp is really like from the people who live there day in day out.
To read the online magazine click here: Kakuma News Reflector – A Refugee Free Press
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