Category Archives: Kenya

According to UNHCR, almost 350’000 refugees live in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya, many of whom have been there for decades. Approximately 95% of the refugees have come from Somalia, while the remaining 5% originate from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania or Yemen. Given the Government of Kenya’s encampmentContinue reading “Skills, Tools & Markets: Making Income-generating Projects Work”

To date, dozens of young people in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya have benefited from RET’s digital work programme. This innovative approach has helped young refugees become self-reliant, by giving them the tools to work online.   When the concept of digital entrepreneurship was introduced to these youth, the whole idea of online incomeContinue reading “Internet Entrepreneurs in Dadaab Refugee Camps”

  In its 15 years of existence, RET International has time and again observed that emergencies and conflicts affect young women differently than young men. The fragile environments within the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya are no exception.   Thanks to the generous support of the U.S. State Department, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration,Continue reading “Different Needs, Same Willingness to Learn”

  According to UNHCR, in Kenya, over 400’000 refugees live in the Dadaab refugee camps, while over 100’000 live in the country’s urban areas. A vast majority are from Somalia. Although parts of Somalia have been liberated from Al Shabaab and tripartite agreements have been signed between the governments of Kenya, Somalia and UNHCR, someContinue reading “An Uncertain Road Back to Somalia”

  RET is currently implementing a unique and much needed Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) in the Kenyan refugee camps of Hagadera, Dagahaley and IFO in Dadaab. A combination of the lack of existing infrastructure together with the influx of more than 160,000 refugees in 2011, has meant that only a mere 2% of secondary agedContinue reading “Accelerated Learning to Advance Economic Opportunities”