Reports

Appeal launched on 8 May 2003 for 846,000 for 2 months for 60,000 beneficiaries; Budget revised to CHF 578,000 Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) allocated: N/A Period covered: 17 to 29 May 2003The Federation’s mission is to improve…

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 24 (UNHCR) - Eleven people have died in nearly a week of fighting between local residents and Sudanese refugees in Kakuma camp, north-western Kenya. UNHCR officials today expressed grave concern about the violence and loss of…

World Vision Kenya has started a supplementary feeding program for 3,400 pregnant and lactating mothers and children less than five years of age in Budalang'i Division, Western Province, where floods have affected over 20,000 people. Distribution of unimix and vegetable oil…

by Anthony Mwangi of the Kenyan Red Cross, in Budalangi "It is a nightmare, I do not understand why we have to face this every year. We are Lake Victoria's flood refugees," complains Emily Ajambo, who lives with her…

Appeal Target: US$ 1,040,425 Geneva, 10 June 2003 Dear Colleagues, Most parts of Kenya were engulfed in an unexpected heavy rainfall in mid-April which continued to the end of May and in some parts of the country is still…

Spokesperson: Niurka Piñeiro KENYA - Second Group of Somali Bantu Refugees Travel to the United States - The IOM office in Nairobi is assisting the second group of Somali Bantu refugees who have been accepted for resettlement in the United…

Overview The government has announced an intention to look for external experts to help harness flood waters especially in the Lake Victoria Basin. Holland and China have been suggested as countries which could be approached for expertise owing to their…

by Andrei Neacsu in Western Kenya A camouflage-painted Puma helicopter lands in the courtyard of the main school of Nyando in front of a crowd of excited students and bystanders. As he steps down to be welcomed by the district commissioner…

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals.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…

Medair along with Mission Aviation Fellowship visited the region of Kisumu and Busia, western Kenya, on Wednesday, 7 May 2003, to further assess the deluged situation. The Nyando River has swollen in many areas causing the water to flood its…