Acting Assistant Secretary Witten's Visit to Kenya and Ethiopia

Kenya and Ethiopia, August 3-8, 2008: Sam Witten, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, traveled to Kenya and Ethiopia in early August to monitor assistance and resettlement programs for Somali refugees. He met with refugees, humanitarian aid workers, host government officials, and fellow diplomats.

These photos come from his visit to the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya.

	Refugee woman explaining her trek from Somalia to Assistant Secretary Witten at Dagahaley Camp Transit Center.
	Resourceful refugees adapting to a limited supply of electricity!
	Acting Assistant Secretary Witten inspecting the weighing of individual food rations by refugee committee members to ensure that all refugees receive their expected allocations.
	Female refugee students in IFO Camp Secondary School. One of the only three secondary schools in Dadaab, serving 200,000 refugees.
	Camp architect explains camp expansion plans to Acting Assistant Secretary Witten.
	Somali refugees wait to register in camp.
	Refugee discusses his departure from Somalia with Acting Assistant Secretary Witten.
	Camp Food is distributed twice a month.
	From left, Jay Zimmerman, Nnenna Ofobike, and Acting Assistant Secretary Witten of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).
	Students at secondary school assembled to meet with Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) officials.
	Acting Assistant Secretary Witten speaks with member of Handicap International NGO.
	Acting Assistant Secretary Witten visits camp workers developing prostheses.
	Refugee women weave at community building.
	Camp leader reads a greeting.
	Three girls watch Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) meeting with camp refugees.
	Refugee children.

[Photos courtesy of UNHCR Nairobi Office]