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It can't come from physical work - but it can happen in the digital world, where there are less restrictions," Tshilombo, the founder of Kakuma Ventures, said in an interview. "People in the camp, to be independent, need a stream of income.
'We will maintain a friendship as we co-parent our beautiful children. I am grateful for school parents meeting all the happy times we had together and want to thank my friends, family and fans for your love and support as we start this new chapter moving forward in our lives.'
For now, online work available to graduates is still limited, Tshilombo said, and as more young people earn degrees and boost their abilities, finding enough work for them all is his business' newest headache.
But once things were working, Tshilombo and others began studying online - from website design to computer science, graphic design and education - then looking for work, first from United Nations and aid group partners, then more broadly.
People have enough time that they can learn big things and do big things if they're given the right platform," said the young entrepreneur, who in 2018 earned a business administration degree from the tuition-free online University of the People. "In the camp, there is not much to do.
Today 17 such nodes, serving about 1,700 people, operate in Kakuma, a decades-old settlement of tents and tin-roof houses where almost 200,000 refugees live long-term, most with little prospect of ever returning to their former homes and lives.
Tshilombo has built a sturdy tin-sheet home for himself, his wife and three children, and he said many families now earning an income can put their children in better schools, afford better medical care and open small businesses.
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But for those able to find digital work - or take advantage of solar power access to set up other businesses, from hair salons and dress making to cafes and phone charging - the payoffs are significant.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W hen Innocent Tshilombo arrived in Kenya's remote Kakuma refugee camp in 2009 after fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he spent the first years recovering and looking, without much success, for something to do with his life.
"People are acquiring new skills but they don't know what to do next. We have to figure out how to absorb that group of people," he said, lamenting that "as soon as we solve problems, more problems come in."