World Refugee Day, Everyday!
Dear GRD Community,
This year for World Refugee Day, we were thrilled to celebrate amongst our partners at Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement here in Kenya. It was a day filled with celebrations, meaningful dialogue and an opportunity to stand in Solidarity with Refugees to ensure more equitable care for refugees worldwide. #WorldRefugeeDay2024 #SolidaritywithRefugees.
From GRD
June was a busy month for us!
From celebrating World Refugee Day at Kakuma Refugee Camp and the Kalobeyei Settlement to implementing our very first capacity training activity - we have a lot to tell you.
In June, we facilitated our very first Capacity Training activity in Program Management. The course taught 27 participants leadership, project design, project planning, resource mobilization amongst others. It was a full day of training with refugee leaders and advocates from 9am - 5pm at the Refugee-led Organisation Solidarity Initiative for Refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp. A very special thank you to our partners and hosts, Voices Rising Consortium, which is a refugee-led consortium of three refugee-led organisations and independent advocates. A huge thank you to our partners Pascal Zigashane from Action pour le Progres, Amin Bolis from Humanity Hands, Deline Ramiro, and Bahana Hydrogene from Solidarity Initiative for Refugees for the invitation and hospitality.
If you are a refugee-led organisation and are interested in our Program Management course, please get in touch with us now [email protected]
Migration Summit 2024
This year, we were invited to participate in the Migration Summit 2024. Our panel was titled "Normalizing Refugees’ Right to Meaningfully Participate" hosted by Global Rights Defenders. With Rai Friedman, Edith Ingutia, Geofrey Ochola, Samuel Binja Cimanuka, Phillip Ogonda and Jamin M. Kusuania, this event focused on the experts; perspectives and insights from the Kenyan context, highlighting migration governance measures such as the New Refugees Act, the Kalobeyei Integrated Socio-Economic Development Plan (KISEDP), the Shirika Plan, and the newly announced Garissa Integrated Socio-Economic Development Plan (GISEDP).
The panelists discussed:
Do you want Rai or the GRD team to host or organize a panel event for you or your organization? Get in touch now [email protected]
From our Human Rights Experts
Learn about the current Human Rights issues happening at the US-Mexico border from our resident GRD blogger Hayley Dick
For World Refugee Day, our very own GRD blogger Luwam Mebrahtu wrote about her personal story as a refugee who has been resettled and the importance of recognizing refugees rights globally. Learn more now from her article "World Refugee Day: Advocating for Refugee Rights and Integration"
How do youth participate in peacebuilding? Check out Ahmad Bakdad's latest article "The Role of Youth in Peacebuilding and Development" to learn more
From the Sector
The Refugees Studies Centre at Oxfor University published its newest report "Refugee Debt and Livelihoods in Northern Kenya." This report co-authored by Vittorio Bruni, Patrick Mutinda Muthui, Cory Rodgers and Olivier Sterck looks at how debt is used as a coping strategy by refugees in Kakuma refugee camp and the Kalobeyei settlement, which, together, constitute one of the largest refugee camps in Africa. A few key points:
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