How a Pilot Project in Kenya Helps Refugees Go to University

With the displacement lasting an average of 20 years for many refugees or internally displaced people (IDPs), education has become central to humanitarian aid and long-term development efforts. Nevertheless, refugees and IDPs still face challenges in accessing higher education. Just 1% of refugees in the world are able to continue education beyond secondary school, due to their limited ability to travel and the high costs of tuition and boarding. 

In 2015, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), a Kenyan public university, built a satellite campus on the outskirts of the Kakuma Refugee Camp, in order to provide access to high-level education to those who wouldn't have the opportunity to access it otherwise.