Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 12 December (IRIN) - The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has appealed for US$21.9 million to help 563,000 of those affected by the floods, amid fears that…

(2006-42) Ottawa - The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, today announced that Canada is allocating $2.67 million to assist flood-affected people in the Horn of Africa. "This support will help victims of…

GARISSA, KENYA, December 11, 2006 International Aid Services has received a grant from Danish Mission Council Development Department , Swedish Mission Council / Sida, and Läkarmissionen for a relief intervention in Garissa, North East Kenya. In the last weeks since…

Somali refugees in northeastern Kenya have been evacuated to higher ground because of the torrential downpours that have pounded the region, causing what some reports said was the worst flooding in 50 years. Each day the condition deteriorates. More…

A huge surge of Somalis continue to stream into Kenya fearing a possible all-out escalation of war between warring factions in Somalia. The flow of refugees crossing the border had jumped from an average of 300 to 400 people…

This Information Bulletin (no. 7/2006) reflects the information available at this time. The Situation Torrential rainfall continues to pour countrywide, leaving a trail of destruction to the country's already battered infrastructure. Thousands of people in the areas affected by the floods have…

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS Logistics coordination is now working well in Garissa with regular meetings to plan needs and sipatch schedules. Since 6 December WFP are making space available for Non-Food Items on all helicopter flights with WES and Health equipment have…

Ref: OCHA/GVA 2006/0255 OCHA Situation Report No. 4 Floods - Kenya Situation 1. Heavy rains continue to deluge many parts of the country. The most affected areas include: North-Eastern Province, Western Kenya (Budalangi area) and the central highlands. According to figures released last…

This week the Finnish Red Cross will be sending three mobile clinics and eight aid workers to Kenya close to its border with Somalia. More than one million people have been put at risk by unusually severe flooding in Kenya,…