Informes

by Helen Dempster and Nicol Herbert Abstract Humanitarian and development crises are increasingly protracted and complex, lacking clear solutions and paths to reach the most-affected individuals and communities. Those working in such crises must be creative, adaptive, and…

UN Pledging Event brings in only one-fifth of goal 32 million people across the Horn of Africa are in desperate need of support. They’re suffering from intense drought—the region’s worst in 40 years—followed by a period of…

Inter-clan disputes between the Degodia and Garre tribes of Mandera County plagued the period from 2010 to 2015. This conflict claimed countless lives and led to livestock raiding and property destruction. In villages like Malkaruqa, Garse,…

Kenya’s Economy is Recovering from the Polycrisis, But Challenges Remain NAIROBI, June 7, 2023 — With a GDP growth at 4.8 percent in 2022, economic performance softened after the strong rebound from the COVID-19 crisis at 7.5…

New Assessment: Survivors of Sexual Violence in Kenya Have Inadequate Access to Mental Health Services A Photovoice assessment, co-led with survivors of sexual violence in Kenya, spotlights the challenges survivors face accessing mental health services in Nairobi June…

Highlights 4.4 million people are acutely food insecure due to drought and 970,214 children 0-59 months require treatment for malnutrition (including 242,567 severely wasted) by February 2023, up from 3.5 million and 884,000 respectively in July 2022. Heavy…

The Kenya Sanitation Enabling Environment Project (KSEEP) is a two-year project working to transform the enabling environment for household sanitation in Kenya and end open defecation by 2025. To achieve this, the project will harness high-level…

The unprecedented drought in Kenya, caused by five consecutive below average rainy seasons since the end of 2020, has caused untold human suffering. Nearly five million people have lacked access to enough water for drinking, cooking and…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing…

Accountability, Fundamental Reforms Urgently Needed (Nairobi) – Nearly two months since a series of nationwide protests began, Kenyan authorities have failed to take sufficient action to hold police officers and their commanders to account for killings and…