As the UN turns 80, its crucial humanitarian aid work faces a clouded future
KAKUMA, Kenya — At a refugee camp in northern Kenya , Aujene Cimanimpaye waits as a hot lunch of lentils and sorghum is ladled out for her and her nine children — all born while she has received United Nations assistance since fleeing her violence-wracked home in Congo in 2007.
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As the UN turns 80, its crucial humanitarian aid work faces a clouded future
KAKUMA, Kenya — At a refugee camp in northern Kenya , Aujene Cimanimpaye waits as a hot lunch of lentils and sorghum is ladled out for her and her nine children — all born while she has received United Nations assistance since fleeing her violence-wracked home in Congo in 2007.
