OUR TEACHERS

Project Kakuma Adult Education Program

Ohuro Orufa was born in his home country of South Sudan in 1986 and began his education in Longiro Primary School in 1995. Before the war broke out, Ohuro's parents were farmers in South Sudan located in Lopit Mountain. In 2001, Ohuro fled the civil war in South Sudan finding refuge in the Kakuma Refugee Camp where he began his education and obtained his Kenyan Certificate of Primary Education in 2007.

In 2008, Ohuro made the decision to repatriate to South Sudan. Two years later, Ohuro joined the
Garang Memorial Secondary School and officially completed his Form 4 by 2013. Motivated to continue his educational pursuits, Ohuro was awarded a certificate for Primary Teacher Education from Regis University following an intensive six month program at the Arrupe Center.

“We teachers help both men and women learn how to read and write.”

Given his community rapport and dedication to educational empowerment, Ohuro was elected to become the Head Teacher over the Adult Education Program in 2014.

Ohuro's parents passed away back in South Sudan. ‘My mother died in 2014 due to an outbreak of cholera in the village and my father passed away shortly after in 2015 as a result of a leg injury acquired from a very young age after falling from a tree.’ Ohuro is now orphaned together with his brothers and sisters whom he cares for greatly.

John Kuol Ajak is another one of our dedicated teachers in the Adult Education Program. Kuol was born in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in 1997 where he completed his primary school education in 2010. After completing his primary school Level 8, Kuol went back to South Sudan and spent three years there before returning to Kakuma.  

In 2014, Kuol began his secondary education in Kakuma and throughout these studies, he has tirelessly worked to tutor and teach adults. In 2017, Kuol built upon these experiences to become a teacher with the Adult Education Program.

Joshua Deng Achiek was born in South Sudan in 1991 and spent his first 15 years without formal education, instead working under a customary cattle camp. In 2006, Joshua came to the Kakuma Refugee Camp and started his Grade 1 at a school maintained by the UNHCR. In 2013, Joshua
finished his Grade 8 national exams and earned a certificate of achievement. Shortly after, Joshua began high school courses facilitated by the UNHCR which he completed in the year 2017. Joshua has devoted himself to adult focused educational programs as a teacher since he was in Grade 10.

“I am dedicated to helping all adult students from many different nationalities
that are devoted to getting a better education.”

In 2015, Joshua officially joined the Kakuma Adult Education Program as an active and inspiring educator.

Abraham Madit Nhial was born in 1997 in the Bor Village of Kolmareek in South Sudan. Abraham began his education in 2010 in the Kakuma Refugee Camp where he is determined to empower others through classroom learning.

In 2018, Abraham joined the Adult Education Program as an engaging and inspiring teacher for adult learners. 

Joseph Kuai was born in Jalle Payam in 1994 during the South Sudanese Civil War. Kuai found himself both an orphan and a refugee at age 17. Fleeing the conflict, Joseph spent many days travelling by foot from Jalle to Juba and then later to the Kakuma Refugee Camp where he has now lived for 13 years.  While Joseph attended school in Kakuma, he often thought of returning to Jalle Payam to take care for his grandparents and
cattle, but he knew that it would be a struggle due to the continued insecurity.

 “My goal as a teacher is to continue to empower adults through education, especially those who have been in the Kakuma Refugee Camp for more than two decades.”  

Joseph made the decision to continue his studies in Kakuma and currently works as a dedicated teacher for the Adult Education Program.

Kodi Kussi was born in 1992 in the Ndurdu village in Sudan. In 2015, Kodi completed his secondary education in Kenya at the Kakuma Secondary School.

While in Kakuma, Kodi joined the Jesuit Refugee Service and completed his Primary Teacher Education in 2019. Kodi is now a dedicated teacher with the Kakuma Adult Education Program, motivated to help adults succeed and thrive through learning opportunities.

Paul Otwari was born in South Sudan in 1994. Due to the ongoing war, he fled his home country in 2004 to seek protection as a refugee in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp. In 2005, Paul began his education in lower class and completed his Form 4 by 2015.

Paul aspires to pursue higher education and is currently working to enroll at Masinde Muliro University in hopes of one day contributing great change to his country of South Sudan in future thanks.

“I joined the Adult Education Program as a teacher in 2016 because I saw my mother’s need to be educated, eradicate idleness and to improve her life.”

As a refugee in Kakuma, Paul is determined to use his education in order to be an agent of change for his country. Paul continues to do just that as an inspiring teacher with the Adult Education Program.

Adit Deng is another dedicated teacher serving the Adult Education Program in Kakuma. Adit was born in Bor Town, South Sudan in 1998. Adit’s family, which included her parents and five siblings, was forced to flee South Sudan when she was very young in order to seek safety and education from the UNHCR. 

Adit attended primary school in the refugee camp and describes the experience as giving her a better look into her own future. After completing her secondary school in 2019, Adit came to realize that the “journey of a thousand miles begins with single steps.”

“My interest in teaching adult students is rooted in my heart for humanity and my continued goal to assist others where I can.”

Motivated by her ambition, passion, and own education, Adit’s aspiration is to serve the disadvantaged in society, with a specific focus on others with disabilities.