Dadaab Refugee Camps need a booster shot

Last weekend, I got the chance to visit the Dadaab refugee camps where I lived as a refugee and worked for non-governmental organizations for many years. My 17-year stay in the camps before securing a scholarship to study in Canada in 2009 has not been easy. At that time, and even today, the refugees living in the camps faced several challenges from food shortages to lack of opportunities for work or further education. The camps,…