In places like Kakuma, limitations on mobility don’t just limit employment or education, but it silently erodes hope and potential. This video explores what freedom of movement truly means through the voices of refugees, psychologists, and advocates.
By Didier Habimana For refugees living in Kenya, the right to travel hangs on a single elusive document: the Conventional Travel Document. It should open doors to study, work, and reconnect with family. But for… Read More »A key that doesn’t always fit
By Lich Gatkoi Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya is one of Africa’s largest refugee settlements, home to over 300,000 people fleeing conflict and persecution. Amid the hardship, many refugees are working hard to rebuild… Read More »Trapped Potential: Refugee Traders Strive for Dignity and Self-Reliance
By Chukulisa Molu Adi The process of getting a travel document is lengthy, with no guarantees. Refugees in Northern Kenya are left feeling trapped by a broken system. I open my eyes as the sunlight… Read More »Life on hold is taking a mental toll on Kakuma’s refugees
By Zechariah Makuach Maror When Rwandan national, Gashumba Alphonse, arrived in Uganda in 2004 as a 9-year-old refugee, he would not have imagined that twenty years later, he would be a self-sufficient farmer, with 20… Read More »The refugee who beat all the odds
By Abul Ajak In Nakivale refugee camp, one of the oldest in Uganda, Ishimwe Jonah, a Congolese refugee, starts a nursery school with the profit earned from farming. Jonah hopes the future generation of refugees… Read More »Planting Seeds of Hope
As the world’s billionaires race to be the first to create new living spaces in outer space, Douna Haj Ahmed argues that more efforts should be placed on ensuring humans can live harmoniously on earth… Read More »New life on Mars, or space on earth for all?
As we celebrate Refugee Week, Houda Fansa Jawadi shares her thoughts on what is lost, and what is gained in transitioning to a “safe” life. We are not just migrants in this country. We are… Read More »Balancing the old with the new
I was raised by a strong woman passionate about languages, writing stories and poetry. My mom was an Algerian who went to Syria to study Arabic literature and then met my dad. She used to… Read More »Greed, oppression, and discrimination stabbed us with a knife, but we rise
Last summer Afghan human rights activists were determined to continue their work under the new Taliban government. They were led to believe that there was nothing to fear by the changing regime. Now, as news… Read More »“Our lives were destroyed, our ideals buried”