Reports

KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP, KENYA - December 1, 2005 When Carol Germain first arrived at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya last January, she felt as if a hair dryer set on high were constantly aimed at her face.…

NAIROBI, Dec 6, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The European Union said Tuesday that it had signed a 125 million euro (147 million US dollars) aid package with Kenya to help the east African nation finance its budget after…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background of Project A Drought situation had occurred across the country following poor performance of the 2003 short rains and 2004 long rains resulting in food and water shortages in 26 districts. Assessments by UNICEF and other stakeholders…

114/2005 November 22, 2005, Vienna, Austria . The OPEC Fund for International Development has approved a grant of US$80,000 to co-finance construction of a health care center in the Kitui district in Kenya. Sponsored by the BIDII Women's Self…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 28 October (IRIN) - A limited measles immunisation campaign has been launched in Nairobi following an outbreak of the disease in a suburb of the capital city,…

Farming households in the southeastern lowlands and pastoralists in the northeast remain under severe stressSummary Food insecurity has deteriorated among drought-affected farm households in the southeastern and coastal lowlands, as well as among pastoralists in northeastern Kenya,…

NAIROBI, 11 October, 2005 - In the face of mounting inter-ethnic violence and ongoing drought UNICEF has launched a polio vaccination campaign in Kenya to prevent the re-emergence of the disease. Over 483,000 children are expected to be immunized…

Nairobi, 8 October 2005, UNICEF has urgently appealed for US$4 million to assist children in drought affected northern Kenya. More than 20,000 children are malnourished or at serious risk of malnutrition. The risk of polio has soared with cases…

Drought continues to afflict thousands of Kenya's children, leaving more than 20,000 malnourished or at serious risk of malnutrition while the risk of polio has risen sharply in drought-affected districts bordering Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, according to the latest update by…

UNICEF URGENTLY REQUIRES US$ 4 MILLION TO EASE THE IMPACT OF DROUGHT ON CHILDREN AND CARE-GIVERS Drought continues to afflict thousands of Kenyan children, leaving more than 20,000 malnourished or at serious risk of malnutrition. The risk of polio has risen…