Rapports

SUMMARY July rainfall was concentrated in the lake districts and their surroundings, and in coastal areas, while most other areas remained dry. Unseasonable early August rainfall is unlikely to significantly impact crop output in Eastern and Central Provinces,…

Humanitarian Update is published by the Disaster Prevention, Management and Coordination Unit under the UN Kenya Resident Coordinator Office, UN Complex, Block Q, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya. Overview Some showers of rain were experienced in the Arid districts of…

World Vision Kenya has implemented the Baringo Food for Work program in Baringo district in the Rift Valley to assist people who were adversely affected by drought and the recent floods in the areas served by Marigat/Nginyang and Kolowa…

NAIROBI, 4 August (IRIN) - The UN's World Food Programme says a food crisis in Kenya's refugee camps has been averted "thanks to the donor community's generous and timely response". In a statement on Saturday, it said contributions from the…

Mohammed is a 17-year-old Somali refugee who lost his sight in a Mogadishu bomb blast. Soon after, he fled to the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, but did not enroll in a camp school because teachers there did…

Summary of evaluation1 At the end of 2002, an evaluation of community based targeted distributions (CBTD) of general rations was carried out in Kenya, in order to derive lessons for it's future application in Kenya and elsewhere. The evaluation set…

Tumaini Community Health Care Program, Isiolo The Isiolo area is a remote and arid region that is home to a number of nomadic tribes living a pastoral lifestyle. This program, which is operated by the Tumaini Catholic Mission, provides mobile health…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KAKUMA, 24 July (IRIN) - As the Sudanese peace process has reached what many are calling the make-or-break stage, many southerners who fled the country's civil war are…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KAKUMA, 22 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - The violence that followed a cattle-rustling incident last month in Kakuma refugee camp, northwestern Kenya, was unprecedented in its deadly impact. Displacing…

KAKUMA, 21 July (IRIN) - The lives of about 17,000 people living in the Kakuma refugee camp, northwestern Kenya, are in danger from flooding caused by the merging of two seasonal rivers, the UN warned on Monday. The two rivers,…