US funding cuts threaten youth programmes at Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp

Kenya’s northern Kakuma refugee camp is home to more than 300,000 people, who’ve fled conflict in dozens of east Africa countries. For the young people there, traditional and modern dances are helping them stay occupied, as they face an uncertain future due to funding cuts.

Beads of sweat drip from the faces of young girls and boys as they dance to the rhythm of traditional drums and open calabashes.

These are refugee children. Some were…