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#10YearChallenge of a South Sudanese refugee in Kenya

#10YearChallenge has gone viral as people make comparisons of themselves now and 10 years ago. Elizabeth, a South Sudanese refugee living in Dadaab refugee camp, in north-eastern Kenya, recalls living a simple life as the last born in her family of 5, before the war forced them out of their country.
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UNHCR upgrades its data management system to improve efficiency

Population Registration and Identity Management EcoSystem (PRIMES) has been rolled out in the Government registration centres in Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Mombasa and Dadaab camp
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Advance vocational training empowers refugees and Kenyans in Kalobeyei Settlement

Vocational skills training equips refugees and Kenyans with market-oriented skills that empower them to make choices
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Top Refugee Students Receive Equity Bank Secondary Education Scholarship

“Our teacher told us, the fact that we are refugees does not mean that our dreams are dead.”
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M-Pesa Academy admits 5 refugee students for fully funded secondary education

For the second year in a row, five more refugees have been admitted to the prestigious M-Pesa Foundation Academy
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UNHCR upgrades its data management system to improve efficiency

In November 2013, a Tripartite Agreement between the Governments of Somalia, Kenya and UNHCR was signed.

Voluntary repatriation process started on 8 December 2014 when the first group of refugees voluntarily returned to Somalia.

83,002 The number of Somali refugees who have voluntarily returned home since the process began.

Since 8 December 2014, when UNHCR started supporting voluntary return of Somali refugees. In 2019, 77 Somalis have been supported to return home.