Sharing youth talents and motivational stories from Kakuma Refugee Camp

Focus group presentation by Zakaria Odawa during the Kepler event in Kigali November 2019 . RCGC KAKUMA REFLECTION. I was still new to the online learning system, I only had one year in the Jesuit worldwide learning program of diploma in liberal arts, every student in the program both in the diploma or Degree had learning facilitators and academic coaches. It was a Saturday morning when Mr. Years my Academic coach invited me to attend a session he conducted in JWL kakuma learning center, I never hesitated to attend. Mr. years shared with me an another team of students about the pilot program of RCGC in kakuma and he told us that, he invited us because of the commitment and the willingness to give back to the community, giving back to the community was not new to me since it was my favorite thing to do in kakuma refugee camp as a young refugee youth leader living in the camp. I willingly accepted the suggestion of Mr. Yeras which was to become volunteer mentor in the mentors...

Conflicts and war became a global agenda affecting almost every part of the world, many people died, many injured and millions displaced. Families, relatives and close friends are separated by manmade conflicts. Let me take an example of the African nations destroyed by civil and political wars. It also resulted millions of people being affected by famine and drought. Children remained orphans under the care of no body weather individual philanthropist, humanitarian aid organization or even government local social movement support. Many children witnessed the killings of their innocent parents. After watching the video love made me inventor, many children never had the opportunity of being loved and cared for. It is heart touching for the many children being neglected during the most mysterious moments of the lives. I am imaging the state of no parental care, love and support. It is absolutely difficult to live without parents in such critical situations in countries.   Com...

I would like to express my view as a young refugee youth representative on how digital identity can help refugees all over the world especially in kakuma refugee camp where my opinion and experiences are based on. To begin with, the refugees worldwide needs recognition and acceptance, many people are dehumanized with their refugee status due to their status, lack of valid or recognized documents which proves identity and belongings Digital identity will definitely empower refugees because not only do refugees need to reformulate their personal identity to secure a sense of belonging, but also it is imperative from a legal, social, and political perspective.  It will indicate a sense to own belonging and identity,  in this 21st century, people are identified with their documents and unfortunately, these documents refugees are not in title to access thus, digital identity will help refugees to be identified and recognized as real people deserving the right to own documents. ...

Welcome to my personal blog where i will be sharing inspirational and motivational stories from kakuma refugee camp.