Sharjah Deputy Ruler opens 'Home for a Home' project in Kalobeyei Settlement adjacent to one of Kenya's Kakuma camp. During a recent official field visit organised by The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) to the African country, a delegation from Sharjah led by Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and the Humanitarian Envoy of TBHF, inaugurated the 'Home for a Home' project in Kenya's Kalobeyei Settlement adjacent to one of Kenya's Kakuma camp.
The Shelter & WASH project, a collaboration between Arada Developments, TBHF, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), aims to provide safe housing, sanitation and clean water supply to over 55,000 individuals in the settlement and surrounding host community.
Announced in March 2022, the project’s shelter interventions will accommodate 240 households with a total of 2,035 individuals from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda. The project follows the humanitarian principle of building one permanent shelter for a refugee family in Kenya’s Kalobeyei settlement for every home sold in Arada’s Masaar master community in Sharjah.
The project also features the development of a sustainable water supply system that supports more than 43,000 refugees and 10,000 host community members. The system provides 20 litres of water to each individual every day, and 100,000 litres to both refugees and host communities living in the surrounding area, to ensure that hygiene and healthy living standards are maintained.
HH Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi stressed that TBHF’s humanitarian efforts are firmly rooted in the cultural values of the UAE and of Sharjah, who have always been committed to supporting refugees and displaced persons by extending a helping hand to them.