TEDx Kakuma Camp Livestream 2018

TEDx Kakuma Camp took place at Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya on 9 June 2018 – for refugees and with refugees. Local and international speakers shared their ideas about innovation, education and transformation, offering an inspiring and thought-provoking lens on the life of refugees and emphasizing extraordinary stories of resilience, contribution and creativity. The world’s first TEDx event in a refugee camp, part of a global conversation about refugees – one of the most pressing questions facing us all.

TEDxExeter curator Claire Kennedy travelled to Kakuma Camp to support refugee speakers as they prepared their talks, so we were particularly excited to join the event online and bring the livestream to the heart of Exeter.

You can find more details about TEDx Kakuma Camp’s inspirational speakers and performers at www.TEDxKakumaCamp.org.

Watch a behind the scenes video of the making of  TEDx Kakuma Camp below

4 of the TEDx Kakuma Camp speakers are featured below

Pur Biel

Life is about struggle, run towards the opportunity.

Mercy Akuot

How I escaped child marriage to become a women’s rights activist

Amina Rwimo

Telling our own stories: finding hope through film 

Mary Nyirik Maker

Why educating refugees matters