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Refugee entrepreneurs in Kenya’s Kakuma camp struggle to survive aid cuts
['Joseph Maina', 'Kakuma']
IRIN - Great Lakes
KAKUMA, KenyaThere’s a corner of Kakuma refugee camp known as the Burundian market where Esperance Mapendo, a former nurse from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, runs a small general store.
“I survive because of the WFP (World Food Programme) rations – rice, beans, cooking oil.
The business money is for extras.
To get by month to month, refugees typically rely on credit.
Without food aid, life here is really miserable.”Can refugees become self-reliant?
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