Assessing
the Impact and Implications of a Teacher Training Center
in Kakuma Refugee Camps
Kenya/Sudan
May – August 2000
 Nearly
two decades of conflict have displaced more than 4.5 million
people in Sudan. Civil war between the north and south has
destroyed communities and infrastructure, and has resulted
in the deaths of more than two million people. Education
services are now virtually nonexistent. Refugee camps in
Kenya and Uganda have sought to provide interim education
and health services for displaced Southern Sudanese communities,
who have sought protection, a means of survival, and access
to basic services. Refugee camps in Kenya and Uganda have
become reputable for the quality of education services among
the Southern Sudanese. USAID sought insight into the impact
of a new teacher training center in Kakuma, Kenya on the
agency’s proposed Sudan Basic Education Program, a
$20 million, five-year program aimed primarily at increasing
access to teacher education in Southern Sudan.
BEPS conducted
field research to address the relocation of Southern Sudanese
teachers to Kakuma, Kenya. Research
addressed the impact of teacher training services in Kakuma
on refugee flows out of stable areas of Southern Sudan and
how USAID could modify teacher education activities in Sudan
based on the impact of the Kakuma teacher training center.
Stakeholder interviews were held with USAID, the State Department,
UNHCR, UNICEF, CARE, the Lutheran World Federation, the International
Rescue Committee, the Adventist Day Relief Agency, the Diocese
of Torit, the Don Bosco Mission, the Jesuit Refugee Service,
Comboni Brothers Mission, the IDEAS College in Yambio, the
Teacher Training Center in Kakuma, and the Sudanese People’s
Liberation Movement.
As a result, USAID identified incentives
encouraging teachers to stay in Southern Sudan or access
training in bordering
Kenya. Concrete recommendations were made regarding advancing
the development of the teacher training center in Sudan.
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