Reports

The early rains in March have brought some relief to communities living in arid and semi-arid land areas. The filling of earth pans and dams has reduced trekking time to water. The danger however, is that this "relief", can…

HIGHLIGHTS WHO, MOH and Partners strengthened capacity for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in eight of the nine drought affected districts. I. GENERAL SITUATION: Political, social, security overview for the week The general political, social and security situation remained calm during the week. Main events…

Recipient: Solai Medical Clinic Shipment Number: 5259 Shipment Date: 6/22/2006 Value: $274,760 Solai Medical Clinic is located in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. Kenya has a population of approximately 32 million, 59 percent of whom live on less than $2 per…

(Extract) GOAL currently employs 175 GOALies who work alongside over 2,500 local staff to implement humanitarian programmes in 15 countries. GOALies include country directors, project managers, accountants, nurses, doctors, nutritionists, administrative personnel and engineers. GOAL's programmes target the poorest of the…

Situation Overview No rainfall was realized in the course of the month under review. Windy weather conditions prevailed throughout the month. There was scarcity of pasture in terms of quality and quantity. This has serious food security implications. The water…

SITUATION HIGHLIGHTS The month remained dry throughout. Forage (grass and browse) is available in most of the divisions in the district with an exception of the six lower divisions. There is likelihood of the six lower divisions to have very little…

SITUATION OVERVIEW The district had received scantly spread rains that were below normal in most divisions, this was depicted by data recorded in most weather stations. Only, one functional rainfall stations recorded rainfall totalling well below its long-term averages, i.e., Lodwar…

SITUATION OVERVIEW The house hold food security situation across the district was becoming extremely worse .This was due to the previous prolonged drought that claimed livestock that household entirely depended on. The agro-pastoralist zones are not better as the April…

Situation Overview No rains were received in the entire district during the month under review Pasture quality is fair and quantities are expected to be adequate for the next two months. The main source of water during the month were…

Situation Overview Environmental indicators Sunny weather experienced district wide in the month. Permanent water sources in use for both livestock and domestic use. Normal distances to water points. Deterioration of forage quality and quantity district wide as a result of hot and dry…