Reports

In February 2021, an estimated 1.4 million people in Kenya are struggling with food insecurity. 10% of the affected population live in arid and semi-arid lands, especially ASAL counties. These agro-pastoral communities in ASAL areas are…

Ilana Seff, Kellie Leeson & Lindsay Stark Abstract Background Humanitarian practitioners have recently expanded their focus from the provision of assistance only to working to ensure refugees and internally displaced peoples (IDPs) can develop sustained ‘self-reliance’. However, few tools…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Rainfall:  The county recorded moderate to heavy rains during the month under review.  The amounts received were evenly distributed in both time and space across all the livelihood zones. Vegetation condition: …

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators  Kieni received 158 percent of the normal rains. The rains were evenly distributed in time and space.  Temperatures for Kieni increased to 23.6 in May from 20.23 in April. …

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2021 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved $130 million additional financing for the Kenya COVID-19 Health Emergency Response Project to facilitate affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for…

Nairobi, 25 June 2021 – An urgent measles and rubella (MR) vaccination campaign was launched today in Kajiado County by the Government of Kenya, with support of World Health Organization, WHO, UNICEF, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance,…

NAIROBI, Kenya – Anne Wanjiru found out she had gotten her first period when a boarding school classmate told her she had stained her dress. No one had ever explained menstruation to her, so the then-14-year-old,…

Project Update 18 June 2021 Closing the Dadaab refugee camps, in northern Kenya, and pushing people to return to their home countries will lead to a far worse humanitarian crisis, some refugees currently living in the camps…

Drought indicators Rainfall Performance The month of May 2021 marks the cessation of the LongRains over most parts of the country except for the western and Coastal regions according to Kenya Metrological Department. During the month of May…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators • The March to May 2021 season was characterized by showers that were significantly below the long-term average throughout March and April except for the first and second dekad of…