In the second report in her series on refugees in the post-Cold War era, Ann Cooper explores what life is like for refugees who have no hope of going home anytime soon. The Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya is home to people who have fled Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and other countries. International relief groups have made life in the camp better than what most of the refugees would find back home, with everything from business management classes to book clubs. But it's also a distorted society, where relief officials wield tremendous power and refugees become heavily dependent on foreign assistance.
Copyright 1996 NPR