Education is a powerful tool and without it few of us would reach our full potential. In refugee camps very few girls have the opportunity to pursue their education beyond primary school.  Lack of education limits their opportunities for development.


WUSC highlights what girls can achieve if they overcome the challenges they face in accessing education in the refugee camps. With your help we can provide these girls with the tools they need to learn, to strive, and to succeed.

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Why do people support Shine a Light: Testimonies

" Even a couple of dollars can make a difference!"

Deng Ngang Deng
Sponsored student this year through the Dalhousie University Student Refugee Program sponsorship committee. After living in Sudan he came from the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya last year to live in Canada.

Hannah Caplan
Former Local Committee member at McGill University

Other video testimonies

The Impact of Solar Lamps: The Story of Fatuma Omar Ismail

Fatuma is a 16 year old Somali girl from Hagadera Refugee camp in Dadaab. She fled Somalia and entered Kenya in 2002. She was accompanied by her mother and 8 siblings.

Fatuma attributes her excellent performance at school to the Solar Lamp Project initiated by Windle Trust Kenya (WTK), a partner of WUSC, in the Dadaab refugee camp.  She was among one of the few girls who received one of the 514 solar lamps distributed by Windle Trust Kenya across the camps in May 2008.

" Part of the reason why I emerged as a top girl in North Eastern Province is as a result of the solar lamp I received from WTK. I could study for longer hours in the night. The solar lamp is very good as it is not a health hazard compared to paraffin lamps as I was able to inhale fresh air as I study.  Because I am the eldest girl in my family, I was expected to do housework in the evenings after school hours. I did this with a lot of consolation that at night, I would spare some time to study using the solar lamp "

Read Fatuma’s complete story