FIRST GRADUATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN KAKUMA

The first graduation ceremony took place yesterday in Kakuma camp in northwestern Kenya where 25 refugees received their diplomas accredited by Regis University in Denver, Colorado. (Peter Balleis/JRS)

FULL ARTICLE:
http://jrs.net/news_detail?TN=NEWS-20130924054801

IN SPANISH:
http://jrs.net/news_detail?TN=NEWS-20130924054801&L=ES

It is a great pleasure and honour to be part of this amazing project

FOLLOWING THE LIGHT

It is a truism that, from a worldwide perspective, education is a privilege reserved for the few.  This privilege is even harder to access when living in a refugee camp. Still, education is one of the few regular activities offered to the thousands of children living here in exile, far away from their homelands in Kakuma refugee camp. ...

full article published here>
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/2013/09/following-the-light-education-in-the-kakuma-refugee-camp/



Kakuma Refugee Camp June, 2013. (Christian Fuchs — Jesuit Refugee Service/USA