‘It is not us versus them’

Two World Food Programme (WFP) retailers from host and refugee communities in Kakuma, Kenya share common ground

Kelly Stablein
Feb 25, 2020 · 5 min read
Manalio’s shop is contracted by WFP to serve refugees with cash-based assistance. WFP cash-based assistance injects about US 3.2 million into Kenya’s economy monthly. Photo: WFP/Kelly Stablein

Manalio wakes when sunlight peeks through the tarp walls of her shelter in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. Seven children stretch and rise from one mat sprawled beneath a tin roof. The youngest daughter, just 2 days old, is bundled to her…

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