About Kakuma Refugee Camp - 1 views
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It was established in 1992 to serve Sudanese refugees,
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The local Kenyan population is largely comprised of nomadic pastoralists from the Turkana community.
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Life in the semi-arid desert environment of Kakuma is rather challenging. The area has always been full of problems: dust storms, high temperatures, poisonous spiders, snakes, and scorpions, outbreaks of malaria, cholera, and other hardships. The average daytime temperature is 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
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