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Fusion between culture and modernity as children dance in Kenya’s refugee camp
- Young refugee children from the Acholi Dancers group rehearse traditional dance in the Kalobeyei Refugee Settlement in Turkana, Kenya, to cope with hunger and limited food rations.
- The children have developed a survival skill to skip lunches while their food rations are at 30% of the U.N. nutritional recommendation per person.
- The programs aim to protect children from child labor, abuse, and crime, which are major concerns for humanitarian organizations in Kakuma.
- The hope is for these child-friendly spaces to continue operating for years as the children dance and play beneath the sweltering sun.
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Fusion between culture and modernity as children dance in Kenyan
KALOBEYEI: Beads of sweat drip from the faces of young girls and boys as they dance to the rhythm of traditional drums and open calabashes, while their peers watch them in awe.These are refugee children, some who were born in one of Africa’s largest camps — Kakuma, located in northern Kenya, where more than 300,000 refugees’ livelihoods have been affected by funding cuts that
In the Kakuma refugee camp, located in northern Kenya, traditional dance is not just a cultural expression. It is an act of survival for thousands of children facing hunger, uncertainty and the precariousness of everyday life. The Kakuma refugee camp, located in Kenya, is home to more than 300,000 people fleeing violence in East Africa, seeing the emergence of shocking scenes every day where culture becomes a bulwark against collapse. Under a bu…
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