Informes

THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 846,000 (USD 645,256 or EUR 560,898) IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 60,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 2 MONTHS The Situation Torrential rains across Kenya over the past week have resulted in widespread floods that have killed…

World Vision Kenya has procured 400 insecticide-treated mosquito nets and 400 blankets for distribution to people displaced by floods in Bunyala Area Development Programme (ADP). Besides providing mosquito nets and blankets to the displaced in Bunyala ADP, the organisation will…

Kenya was recently hit with two weeks of heavy rains that washed out roads and bridges and submerged entire villages. The resulting floods killed at least 30 people and displaced thousands from their homes. No Plan families were endangered by the…

SUMMARY Exceptionally heavy rainfall in highland catchment areas adjacent to Lake Victoria has caused severe flooding in the lakeshore districts, leading to displacement and crop losses and increasing the potential for disease outbreak. The GoK, the UN and…

NAIROBI, May 7, 2003 -The United Nation's Children's Fund has today made a donation of relief items for flood victims in Western Kenya worth $ 17,500 (Kenya Shillings 1,312,500). The donation made to the Government of Kenya includes life-saving…

Geneva, 7 May 2003 - Heavy rains are reported to have caused heavy flooding especially in parts of western Kenya, Nyanza, Central Rift Valley and the Coast Province. The rains that started in March have been increasing in intensity…

Thousands of people in Western and Nyanza Provinces have been displaced by floods caused by torrential rains currently pounding parts of the country, with areas where World Vision operates through Bunyala, Katito and Winam Area Development Programmes (ADP) being…

NAIROBI, 6 May (IRIN) - The UN envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa has praised the new Kenyan government's efforts to tackle the scourge. Speaking after a recent trip to Kenya, Stephen Lewis said he had a greater degree of hope…

NAIROBI, 6 May (IRIN) - The Kenyan government and humanitarian agencies have embarked on an emergency plan to aid victims of floods which have so far killed 28 people and displaced over a million people. Vice-President Michael Wamalwa on Monday announced…

Kris Janowski - Media Relations This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website www.unhcr.ch which should also be…