The Latest Breaking News from Kakuma

Humanitarian needs are rising around the world. At the same time, major donors such as the US and the UK are pulling back support, placing increasing strain on already overstretched aid systems.

Along one of the many dirt tracks leading into Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp there is a large hidden compound, where inside, twice a week, adolescent girls gather to learn taekwondo, the martial arts lessons offering a safe space in the often chaotic settlement.

Awer Mabil's charity, Barefoot To Boots, helps supply football equipment to children in refugee camps. But the Socceroo is only just getting started.

From Kakuma to Darra, the Jongkuch-Ayuen boys have always loved football, but without volunteer programs and a club looking to help, they wouldn't be able to play in Australia due to cost.

As a boy in a refugee camp in Kenya, Awer Mabil played with rolled-up socks for a ball and dreamed of one day playing in a World Cup. After helping secure Australia's passage to Qatar, he's now on the cusp of realising that goal.

Kenya is now the second biggest refugee hosting country in Africa. Of its over half a million refugees, over a thousand from neighbouring African states have sought asylum on the basis of persecution over their sexual orientation or gender identity.

A SCOTTISH charity has opened a children's operating room in a refugee camp in Kenya in what is thought to be a world first.

The facility was set up by the Edinburgh-based charity Kids Operating Room.

Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya is home to around 40,000 children.