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8THE “SIGHT AND LIFE IN MY LIFE” ESSAY COMPETITIONThe“Sight and Lifein My Life”Essay CompetitionThe Sight and Life in My Life essay competition was set up withthe goal of finding out how Sight and Life has influenced its readersover the years, as part of the organization’s 25 th anniversary.In the final issue for 2010, therefore, we asked our readers to submitstories to us by mid-March 2011. Entrants were asked to addresstheir personal experiences, provide an assessment of the relevantcommunity’s experience, and give a definition of Sight and Life.We received many fascinating stories, as well as some beautifulphotographs and original artwork, from many countries, from Ghana toSri Lanka, and our Sight and Life team of judges in Basel, Switzerlandwas delighted with every entry. As promised, we are sharing the winningentries with you in this issue. However, we will also share highlightsof other entries with you in the next issue of our magazine.A heartfelt thank you again to everyone who entered the competition,for the time you spent on your wonderful entries and, last but not least,the great work you do in your communities.With warmest wishes.The Sight and Life Team
SIGHT AND LIFE | VOL. 25 (2) | 2011THE “SIGHT AND LIFE IN MY LIFE” ESSAY COMPETITION9Abubakar BulakoSight and Life in MyLifeI am a refugee who lives in Kenya, and have spent manyyears in Kakuma refugee camp. I was forced to leave my landand my country and had to flee to Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda,and Kenya after the outbreak of civil war. I have been separatedfrom my family since 2003, which was the beginningof my long and unending journey as a refugee. I am inKakuma refugee camp. This camp is located in the Turkanadistrict of the northwestern region of Kenya, 120 km fromLodwar district headquarters and 95 km from Lokichoggio oand the Kenya-Sudan border.Life in the semi-arid desert environment of Kakuma israther challenging. The area has always been full of problems:dust storms, high temperatures, poisonous spiders, snakesand scorpions, outbreaks of malaria and cholera andother hardships.“Life in a refugee campis life without hope”The camp is a small city of thatched-roof huts,tents andmud abodes. Living in here is like living in a prison. Life in arefugee camp is life without hope; it’s about living like a blindperson, who only knows where he or she comes from, butdoes not know where he or she is heading. This was my wayof life in Kakuma camp. Living in a camp is not an easy task,nor is life easy withoutemployment or any means to generateincome. I did find itdifficult to survive the day, and mostlyrelied on the limited food supplies distributed twice a monthby the World Food Programme (WFP).However, being in the camp taught me more about life.I decided to volunteer and start helping others; first of all,I worked for the Lutheran World Services (LWF) as a foodclerk at the distribution centers. Secondly, I joined the InternationalRescue Committee (IRC) which deals with healthissuesin the camp – after being trained as a nurse aid andnutritionist. After that, I was retrained by the Jesuit RefugeeServices (JRS) as a counselor, inspired by the situation peopleare living in. Many people commit suicide and this is whatpushed me to become a community counselor …Abubakar BulakoAs my aim is to help people who cannot do things on theirown, I did not stop there. I continued to help the most vulnerable,in a different field. As the camp was also full of differenttypes of violence, I was also trained as an ambassador forwomen in Gender Based Violence. The camp is multiculturaland there usedto be conflicts. In this instance, I also decidedto do “Peace and Reconciliation” in order to become a peacekeeperin the community. All of these projects were to the endof assistingmy people who cannot do things on their own.“In Kakuma refugee camp,the most challenging issue is food”In Kakuma refugee camp, the most challenging issue isfood. It’s what I call the source of everything – if people don’tget food, this can lead to disease and fighting, among manyother things. This is why I decided to join WFP. After beingselected by the community to represent them on the FoodAdvisory Committee (FAC), my work involved attending meetingson the food basket and food pipeline situation, and thedistribution plan through working with WFP.⇢
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