Reports

This Information Bulletin (no. 3/2006) reflects the information available at this time. The Situation Torrential rainfall continues to hit various parts of the country with flooding increasing in some areas. The worst hit by the flooding over the weekend (18th and…

NAIROBI, Kenya, November 20 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has begun airlifting emergency supplies for tens of thousands of refugees displaced by massive flooding in north-east Kenya. On Sunday, a chartered twin-engine DeHavilland C-8 Buffalo cargo aircraft made three flights…

NAIROBI - The United Nations World Food Programme today launched a regional air operation to provide fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to transport aid workers and humanitarian assistance to more than a million people in Somalia and Kenya hit by…

DADAAB, Kenya, November 17 (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency on Friday withdrew all its staff to higher ground after water levels again began to rise in flooded camps housing tens of thousands of mainly Somalian refugees. UNHCR workers had earlier…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching an emergency appeal for 9.8 million Swiss Francs (7.8 million US$/6.1 million €) to support the Kenya Red Cross Society in its response to the current flooding…

This Information Bulletin (no. 1/2006) reflects the information available at this time. The Situation Kenya continues to receive heavy downpour which has adversely affected over 300,000 people. Owing to the gravity of the floods situation, the Kenya Red Cross Society…

GARISSA, KENYA, November 17, 2006 International Aid Services has received a grant from Danish Mission Council for a relief intervention in Garissa, North East Kenya. In the last weeks since the beginning of November 2006, abnormal rainfall has hit…

The International Federation's vision is to strive, through voluntary action, for a world of empowered communities, better able to address human suffering and crises with hope, respect for dignity and a concern for equity. Its mission is to improve…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 17 November 2006, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On Sunday (Nov. 19),…

By Christine Head, World Vision Communications NAIROBI, Kenya - A renowned expert on pastoralism said World Vision is taking an important step by rethinking how its programming affects this marginalized group. "I think it's very good that World Vision is being…