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Published in TZ Latest News 21 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Mastercard, Western Union Team Up To Transform Refugee Camps

On a dirt path that passes for a street in a Kenyan refugee camp, a merchant sells grains he bought from a local farmer outside the settlement. To call it an “economy” would be euphemistic, but it’s a living, and it’s enough to support his wife and two children — a family he’s built since arriving at the camp over a decade ago.

His story is not unique. On average, refugees spend 26 years in settlements that were built to be temporary.

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