Kenya
Kenya is going through another 'famine'. The Kenyan Media and Government have hyped up a large, public 'Save A Life' campaign, bolstered by sensational and distressing pictures of people living in the famine areas getting their skeletal frames up…
Kenya
Waiting in queue at the Misikhu clinic in Bungoma District, western Kenya, 27-year-old Catherine Mumaina tries to quiet her nine-month-old son, Arnold, who is wailing at the top of his lungs, and thumping on his mother's chest with his…
Kenya
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 183 countries. In Brief CHF 427,808 (USD 326,073…
Kenya
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) issues periodic emergency alerts when a significant food security crisis is occurring, where portions of the population are now, or will soon become, extremely food insecure and face…
Kenya
Anthony Mwangi, north-eastern Kenya The stench from the dead carcasses of cattle filled the air as convoys of vehicles streamed through dusty villages in Mandera and Wajir in northeastern Kenya. After the failure of the October to December rains, the…
Kenya
PHILIP NGUNJIRI As Kenyans spends billion of shillings on food and drinks this festive season, several thousands of their compatriots will be sleeping hungry. Already, about a dozen people are reported to have died of hunger in Kenya's frontier district…
Kenya
UNICEF Re-Issues Emergency Appeal for US$4 million NAIROBI, 19 December 2005 - UNICEF called urgent attention today to thousands of children in northern Kenya who face malnutrition due to deepening drought. The recent short rain season has been extremely poor in…
Kenya
NAIROBI - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the number of people needing food aid in Kenya would rise considerably from the current 1.1 million to possibly as many as 2.5 million because of the…
Kenya
Location of operation: KENYA Amount of Decision: EUR 2,000,000 Decision reference number: ECHO/KEN/BUD/2005/01000 Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and target population. 1.1. - Rationale Kenya is one of the poorest countries in the world and it ranks 154th out of 177…
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[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 6 December (IRIN) - The European Commission (EC) is to provide some 125 million euros (US $147.3 million) in budget support and technical assistance to strengthen poverty-alleviation programmes…
