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Distro - Commerce in the Kakuma Refugee Camp 

Carolyn Drake 

Kakuma, located in Kenya, is the largest and oldest refugee camp in the world. Established in 1991, the camp is home to 150,000 people who’ve fled their native countries of Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and more recently, South Sudan.
Inhabitants receive basic food and lodging allowances but those with better means have established small businesses centered around some of the camp’s impromptu markets: hairdressers, movie theaters, electronics, and general stores.
Carolyn Drake visited Kakuma and photographed this unique economy. 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Somali market, the largest marketplace... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp. 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp. 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Somali market, the largest marketplace... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp. 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Hong Kong market, where many from... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Hong Kong market, where many from... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Kakuma camp 111. In Kakuma 111 there are fewer business... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Hong Kong market, where many from... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp. 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp. 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. A customer and employee at Alfa electronics in the... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. Kakuma Refugee Camp. 2017. Abdi Ethiopian Market.
The... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. Kakuma Refugee Camp. 2017. Benedict from Congo's barber... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Somali market, the largest marketplace... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Somali market, the largest marketplace... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Benedict Acongue from congo (came in 2014) at the... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. G&Z Cafe. Geda Gemechu Wadesso from Ethipia owns... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Geda Gemechu Wadesso from Ethiopia owns this cafe... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. A woman drinking coffee in G&Z Cafe. Geda Gemechu... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Geda Gemechu Wadesso from Ethiopia owns this cafe... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. Kakuma Refugee Camp. 2017. Dream studio in the Hong Kong... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Hong Kong market, where many from... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Kakuma Refugee Camp 1's Hong Kong market, where... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Scenes around the Hong Kong market in Kakuma Refugee... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. Kakuma Refugee Camp. 2017. Saidi, a Congolese tailor at... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. Kakuma Refugee Camp. 2017. Mesfin Ethiopia wholesale.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian Mesfin Getahun runs an import and wholesale... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian Mesfin Getahun runs an import and wholesale... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian Mesfin Getahun runs an import and wholesale... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian Mesfin Getahun runs an import and wholesale... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian Mesfin Getahun runs an import and wholesale... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Ethiopian marketplace in Kakuma 1 Refugee camp.... 

Carolyn Drake 2017

KENYA. 2017. Kakuma camp 111. In Kakuma 111 there are fewer business... 
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