Edoovillage #2574 - Kenya, Kakuma: Creative Kakuma – A new way to livelihoods at Refugee camps

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Edoovillage #2574 - Kenya, Kakuma: Creative Kakuma – A new way to livelihoods at Refugee camps

Location

Kakuma
Kenya
3° 42' 24.5556" N, 34° 51' 14.4" E
KE
Project title: 
Creative Kakuma – A new way to livelihoods at Refugee camps
Number of teachers: 
4
Number of students: 
300
On-site point of contact: 

Cyril Michael Ooro / Vincent Forsman
+254 716 078473 / +358400585090
cyril@ambitiousafrica.org
Kakuma, Rift Valley Province, Kenya (LWF compound)

Project description: 

Today, there are over 100 million people globally that have been forcibly displaced by war, violence, disaster and persecution. Whenever refugees fleetheir homes, they leave behind their livelihoods and prospects, which are critical for self-reliance. This means refugees often have no choice but to rely on others for, typically, 15-25 years. According to UNHCR.org/ke/livelihoods report as at March 2020 Kakuma Refugee Camp hosts 196,666 registered refugees and asylum seekers (as at 31st March 2020) of which 43.7% of the registered population falls within the productive age of 18-59 yrs old.
According to the phase 1 of the project (evaluation and research on the ability for youth to generate income through formal and non-formal job opportunities - Link to document), it is nearly impossible for refugees at Kakuma settlement to formalize income-generating businesses. The program, therefore, comes to address this critical gap and improve livelihoods and self-reliance of both host community and refugees; this aims to create an enabling environment by building technical capacity and address infrastructural challenges as far as economic growth is concerned. This will be done by investing in people's capabilities by promoting specialized and marketable skills.

LWF, Ambitious.Africa, ALWS and ACT CoS are therefore the organisations which have intentionally come together to merge networks, knowledge, experience and expertise so as to swiftly and effectively address this problem. This collaboration is combining strengths of not only these heterogeneous development organisations, but it is also including private sector organisations in unique ways to create market-based trainings that can set new standards f o r l i v e l i h o o d p r o g r a m s .
Themes such as incorporating highest level of human dignity and restoration as well as experiences of vulnerability and healing into the operations of this developmental program - will impact the participants to be more inclusive in regard to their background, age or gender - but also strengthen the dignified dream of independence, self-efficacy and perceived human value. This program will not only aim to break chains of isolation, but also to build a pathway and a decent opportunity to migrate to a living environment outside ofthe refugee camp.
We are ready to tap into refugees' and host communities' labor and market skills,build their capacity and experience; identify and help overcome barriers to creating opportunities for refugees and their hosts by bridging theexisting gap of online presence and its importance in tailoring The Sustainability program.
Enabling refugees’ participation in the labour market is a necessary step to support refugees through the challenges of being forcibly displaced. It makes them more resilient and at the same time, eases the burden on host communities. However, many refugees face legal barriers in accessing the labour market. 70 percent of refugees live in countries with restricted right to work, with a majority excluded from participating in the formal economy and its related protections (UNHCR Global Livelihoods Survey, 2019).
In Kakuma, a report by UNHCR and the World Bank in collaboration with the KNBS finds that refugees have a significantly lower labour force participation rate, with only 20 percent of working age refugees employed versus 72 percent for nationals. (UNHCR, 2020). It doesn’t have to be like this. Having the opportunity to work and earn a living is one of the most effective ways people can rebuild their lives with dignity.

Our proposed methodology will be guided by our theory of change which identifies the problem that was researched in a series of workshops with local youth at Kakuma in March/April. What was found is that 1) access to relevant equipment, 2) lack of support on income-generating training, 3) lack ofspace to work from and 4) market access were revealed as the ultimate challenges for the local youth.
“How can you become a professional coder without internet access?” is one question asked by a 17-year-old in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Refugees in East Africa faced a reality of digital barriers to access digital livelihoods opportunities. Studies in two refugee settlements in Kenya and Uganda showed that the most significant barriers have proven to be structural inefficiencies of limited awareness about available digital opportunities, poor connectivity and electricity, as well as the high costs of mobile data and devices (ILO, 2021).
Two case studies of digital skills training for refugees – the ReDI School in Germany and the Digital Skills Training (DST) in Lebanon – showcases that a freelance program with relevant equipment and training can provide a valid pathway to livelihoods among refugees. Furthermore, it underlines the strong appeal the technology sector and digital careers have for refugees. It can provide easy access and inclusivity, circumventing conventional barriers to accessing skilled labour markets.
Our program will work towards solving these challenges in innovative ways a s depicted below.

Status: 
Completed
Semaphore: 
Green: the rest of the dootronics can be sent
Number of dootronics needed: 
18
Local language(s): 
Englisch
Internet connection type: 
Wired
Wireless
Date it was created: 14/06/23/
Date it was last updated: 01/10/23

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Dootronic ID Country Status Model Serial number Weight
000040236 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP Pavillion G7 - QA530EA#ABD CNF1254J7P 3.00Kgms
000040592 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Dell Latitude 5490 6YV4ZW2 2.20Kgms
000040593 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Dell Latitude 5490 8WV4ZW2 2.20Kgms
000040594 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Dell Latitude 5490 CTV4ZW2 2.20Kgms
000040597 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Dell Latitude 5490 D36MJR2 2.20Kgms
000041298 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Lenovo ThinkPad E50-80 MPNXB5B0508V 3.00Kgms
000041299 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Lenovo ThinkPad T470s SM10N77615 2.20Kgms
000041301 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 840 G4 5CG7412R6C 2.20Kgms
000041302 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 840 G3 5CG6490H77 2.20Kgms
000041303 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 840 G4 5CG4712R68 2.20Kgms
000041307 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 840 BCALN106C9EAC0LDUB 2.20Kgms
000041308 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 840 BCALN106CKE9Y0JOEP 2.20Kgms
000041309 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 840 BCALN105C9E730DBEV 2.20Kgms
000041310 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 840 BCALN106B3F9M0N 2.20Kgms
000041311 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 820 BCAL9100CUFA70GFIP 2.00Kgms
000041312 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped HP EliteBook 820 BCAL9100C9E890DCLW 2.00Kgms
000043234 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Apple MacBook Pro (2012) C02JH7NMDV33 1.90Kgms
000044026 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Lenovo Thinkpad L380 R9-0QFCDV 2.00Kgms
000044041 Germany [S3] Assigned to an edoovillage, waiting to be shipped Dell Latitude E7270 FGDHPF2 1.80Kgms

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Dootrip #DepartureOriginDestinationStatusCapacityDootronics assigned
Dootrip #0000033512023-07-03T18:45:00Hamburg, GermanyKakuma, KenyaCompleted1919

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