Caroline Van Buren
@BurenCaroline
Representative to Kenya for #UNHCR, the UN @Refugees Agency. Also follow @UNHCR_Kenya
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02-04-2019 13:27:16
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Honoured to join H. E. Hon. Governor, Turkana County, Governor of County Government of Turkana in welcoming H. E. Hon. Gov. Nathif J. Adam, EGH, Governor of Garissa county and team from #Dadaab to #Kakuma #Kalobeyei settlement for first benchmarking visit, supported by UNHCR KENYA. #GISEDP #KISEDP #SHIRIKAPlan
🇨🇳 Celebrate Chinese Language Day with Marceline Shen an intern at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Kenya.
📍Kakuma
Delighted to join the 🇩🇰Danish Council on Development Policy and Stephan Schønemann 🇩🇰 today.
Our partnership with Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 is positively impacting refugees and host communities in Kakuma, improving access to health and education, and projects supporting the #Shirika plan.
Breaking News! The Refugee (General) Regulations 2024 (LN No. 39 of 2024) have been officially approved and acceded to by the Committee on Delegated Legislation. This is a milestone towards ensuring full implementation of the #RefugeeAct2021 . #Regulations2024 J.N. Burugu
Today, the women in the UN Country Team in UN Kenya bade farewell to a beloved sister & colleague, Carla Mucavi of FAO, who leaves UN Kenya after a successful tenure as head of FAO in Kenya. We discussed our role in advancing feminist and transformative leadership in the UN.
A great start to the week! Meeting with Grundfos CEO Poul Due Jensen at a reception hosted by Stephan Schønemann 🇩🇰 🇩🇰
Grundfos Foundation is a key partner to UNHCR, together, we are improving health and access to WASH in Kakuma.
1 year of fighting.
Countless tragedies.
+8.6 million people displaced.
Unimaginable human suffering.
The war in Sudan is still going on.
The world must not look away.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
A pleasure to welcome U.S. Ambassador Meg Whitman to Kakuma.
Funding from Population, Refugees, and Migration Bureau + U.S. Embassy Nairobi is absolutely critical to our work. Your funding is an enabling force - it's building brighter futures.
On #WorldHealthDay , let's remember: Health is a fundamental human right for all, including refugees, forcibly displaced and stateless people.
Thank you UK in Kenya 🇬🇧🇰🇪 Eduarda Mendonça Gray for visiting UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in #Kakuma , witnessing at first hand the power of your support & our collective partnership in transforming lives
🙏🏽🇬🇧, ur support continues to be the hope for millions of refugee & host communities in 🇰🇪&🌍
#WithRefugees
Being stateless can mean you are invisible.
In recent years the Government of Kenya has made a commitment to eradicating statelessness, granting citizenship to communities.
Find out more here: unhcr.org/ke/what-we-do/…