A first person account, published 7 February 2025 on the Lutheran World Federation's own site, by the former LWF Country Director for Sudan and Kenya. States that Sudanese refugees fleeing the Second Sudanese Civil War, including about 20,000 who crossed the Kenya-Sudan border at Lokichogio by mid-1992, among them 16,000 young boys later known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, were relocated to a new camp set up at Kakuma, then a small Turkana trading post of about 8,000 people, in 1991. With support from UNHCR and the Kenyan government, LWF took over management of Kakuma Refugee Camp in 1992, arranging education, water and sanitation for the new arrivals. Kakuma has since grown into one of Africa's largest refugee camps, home to more than 200,000 people. States that LWF Kenya-Somalia has worked in Kakuma since 1992, that LWF is today the main implementing partner for education in Kakuma and Dadaab, managing primary and secondary schools for 97,000 children, and that its current program areas there are education, reception centre management, protection and social cohesion, and sustainable livelihoods.
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A named eyewitness's first person account published on the primary institutional site of the organization he directed, corroborated against two further pages of the same site: the Kenya-Somalia country page, which independently states the regional program spans 34 years and names UNHCR among its institutional partners, and the Our Partners page, which describes LWF World Service as a major, trusted implementing partner of United Nations agencies. NotesA first-person account, published 07 February 2025 on the Lutheran World Federation's own site, by the former LWF Country Director for Sudan and Kenya, downloaded directly and read in full. States that Sudanese refugees fleeing the Second Sudanese Civil War, including about 20,000 who crossed the Kenya-Sudan border at Lokichogio by mid-1992, among them 16,000 young boys later known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, were relocated to a new camp set up at Kakuma, then a small Turkana trading post of about 8,000 people, in 1991; with support from UNHCR and the Kenyan government, LWF took over management of Kakuma Refugee Camp in 1992, arranging education, water and sanitation for the new arrivals. Kakuma has since grown into one of Africa's largest refugee camps, home to more than 200,000 people. States that LWF Kenya-Somalia has worked in Kakuma since 1992, that LWF is today the main implementing partner for education in Kakuma and Dadaab, managing primary and secondary schools for 97,000 children, and that its current program areas there are Education, Reception Centre Management, Protection and Social Cohesion, and Sustainable Livelihoods. Corroborated against two further pages of the same LWF World Service site, both consulted directly: the Kenya-Somalia country page (worldservice.lutheranworld.org/where-we-work/kenya-somalia), which independently states the regional program spans 34 years and lists UNHCR among its named institutional partners; and the Our Partners page (worldservice.lutheranworld.org/our-partners), which describes LWF World Service as "a major, trusted implementing partner of international organizations", often agencies belonging to the United Nations.
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AuthorRobert Koepp, former LWF Country Director, Sudan and Kenya
PublisherThe Lutheran World Federation
URLhttps://lutheranworld.org/blog/kakuma-new-home-lost-boys
Source TypePrimary account
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