Reports

By Daisy Serem TURKANA, Kenya, 29 November 2012 - At Namukuse Village, in Turkana Central District, northwestern Kenya, sandy landscape leads to the shores of Lake Turkana. The lake is the fourth largest in Africa and a…

CHURO [ACTED News] - In Kenya, pastoralism, otherwise known as nomadic livestock herding, is a way of life and constitutes a main source of revenue for many people. Livestock traded at local markets is often the…

U.S. poverty-focused international assistance makes it possible for Catholic Relief Services and our partners to directly support more than 4.8 million people affected by HIV, people like Maresa Otieno. Back in 2001, Maresa was sick, so…

The education of Kenya’s youth is being threatened by HIV/AIDS. Children affected by the disease shy away from schools due to social stigmas and lack of funds, while the country is losing an estimated 1.7 per…

Dry spells after the start of the short rains in October slowed recovery KEY MESSAGES Following timely onset of the October to December short rains, a dry spell hit in late October and early November in parts of the southeastern…

NAIROBI, Nov 29 2012 (IPS) - It all started with a fight, one that would change his life forever. It was in that moment of fighting with another teenage boy that Cedric Owino from the sprawling Mathare…

KILIFI, KENYA — The waves of the Indian Ocean softly lap the idyllic coastline of Kilifi, just north of Mombasa. Edged in golden sand and fringed by palm trees, this is prime Kenyan real estate, ripe…

To see this news alert with links and sources, click here Kenya: Overlooked and neglected – the fate of displaced pastoralists in northern Kenya Over 5000 pastoralists who fled a large scale military deployment in the north of…

By Dorcas Kanyi in Kenya Growing up as a young girl in rural Kenya, I remember dreaming up of a successful life after pursuing the education that my mother could never have in her time. She always…

An innovative scheme financed by carbon credits is providing clean, safe water to about 4.5 million people in Western Province Judy Sitati is going to a funeral. She is dressed in her best clothes and in her…