The Darfur crisis
Since the beginning of the crisis in Darfur in 2003, more than 240,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Eastern Chad, fleeing insecurity and armed attacks by government forces and militia. In February of this year, thousands more refugees arrived, escaping attacks on their villages in West Darfur. The majority of the new arrivals are women and children.

Due to the arid environment, scarcity of natural resources, precarious security, and absence of economic opportunity, the majority of the refugees remain wholly dependent on humanitarian aid.

"Education was my mother and father. That school in Kakuma was the opening of my eyes. I was like a blind person and then someone opened my eyes and I could see the whole world. There was often not enough food in the camp and sometimes, no security. But, there was this one thing: Education. It meant everything."