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The Refugee Flag! Kakuma Refugees Participating in the Olympic

Refugee Olympic athletes. Image credits (All reserved by Olympic

In an ideal world, the word refugee is seen and perceived with persons of no identity, homeless and hopelessness but in this ‘ideal’ world of Olympic, it’s a statement. Surprisingly, Olympic recently displaced 77,000 people in Rio and replace them with our current participants-refugees.

The refugee problem is a world phenomenon but who cares as long as one of us is there representing refugees and their horror-shocking stories. Kakuma Refugee Camp is bless. For the first time, unlike few things in the past or maybe in the foreseeable future, it’s a miracle. Just like when the first Lost Boy landed in the United States and called back that he is safe and sound, everyone is eager to know what is on the big screen.

In preparation for this event, FilmAid International initiate a live roadshow of the Olympic. So the question is, if these refugees can use the Olympic flag and anthem, so what is a refugee flag? Why can’t they use parent rescuing committee or agency?

Hopeful, our guys do for us proud. After all, it’s a moment to enjoy, cherish, record and remember. In fact, it’s an encouragement to al refugees to look into the future, work hard and believe that one day, changes will come.

Without being left behind, Exile Key Films is celebrating this and in the near future, hope to take refugees stories to a new level.

Exile Key Films Endorse Education for All

Education in Kakuma Refugee Camp is one of the key basic provisions by the UNHCR, LWF, Don Bosco, Windle Trust Kenya among other agencies. School-going kids from pre-unit all the way to secondary, tertiary and recently a university (Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology) are available.

These beneficiaries (children) face various problems. In essence, lack of support, inadequate resources + etc. It's for this reason that Exile Key Films that work with the refugees by using films, documentaries, photography and other media to uplift and create impact in their lives.

Young Turkana kids herding goats pose for a snap in Kakuma Refugee Camp. Abdul Patient|Exile Key Films 2016

Thank You Kakuma Refugee Camp, Exile Key Films is Here at Last!

Kakuma Refugee Camp, located in the Northwest of Kenya is a home to more than one hundred and eighty thousand refugees. These refugees come from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi among others. 

Various agencies provide services to these population. FilmAid International is one of these that uses films to project hope and in the process change lives. Film Training Program (FTP) is one of the programs provided by FilmAid to youth that trains them in filmmaking. In conjunction with Africa Digital Media Institute and MyStart from United Kingdom teach the students directing, script writing, production design, lighting, camerawork, sound, research and the whole production process.

Exile Key Films was create by the FTP alumni in order to expand the reach of films boundaries. The group are skilled film makers that work together to gather refugees stories/ideas, produce them into a consumable content and share them for the communities. These contents are in the form of:

•   Films

•   Documentaries

•   Music videos

•   Photography

The Exile Key Films team now in full function and is working on various projects that will create impacts in the lives of the refugees as well as the host communities.

The procedures are:

1. Idea
2. Research
3. Script
4. Planning
5. Production/shooting
6. Editing
7. Completion

Whether it's a short/feature film, documentary, PSAs (awareness and campaigns), music videos, music recording; Exile Key films can deliver. Like guerrilla filmmakers, we use all means. 

For more information, don't hesitate to contact us.

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After some many trials and tribulations, we have managed to go a step further. Exile Key Films introduces its new blog. Feel free to browse the content and in case you have problems or got some ideas, don't hesitate to keep in touch with us.