Kigeme Iwacu Magazine
This magazine is written and published by youth from Kigeme refugee camp – a camp hosting nearly 21,000 Congolese refugees.
Refugee Children speak about their lives through photos
The photographs taken by the participants in Gihembe, Kigeme, Kiziba and Nyabiheke have offered UNHCR the opportunity to learn more about the daily lives and the opinions of the refugee teenagers, and to discuss gender perceptions among the adolescents in the camps.
“I really want a Fanta”
I was stopped in Mahama camp by a small group of boys asking to have their photos taken as they showed off their karate skills. It is not uncommon for a foreigner – more commonly known as a ’mzungu’- with a camera to be chased for photos in any of […]
La conscience à l’hygiène gagne les réfugiés
En comparant les mois de juillet, août et septembre aux de mai et juin 2015, on remarque que les conditions d’hygiène se sont améliorés au camp des réfugiés burundais du camp de Mahama—gérée par le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (UNHCR) et le Gouvernement (MIDIMAR). C’est grâce […]
A story from a former Rwandan refugee who has returned home
“I have returned to Rwanda to spend my life where I belong. I returned with the hopes of rebuilding my livelihood in the country that I have always called home,” – Marie Uwimana, a former Rwandan refugee.