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Severe malnutrition rates have been found among children in at least 10 drought-prone districts in Kenya, according to a recent report by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Kenya Vulnerability Update released earlier this month says that…
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DAILY HIGHLIGHTS Yasushi Akashi, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, leaves today for 10-day trip to the Great Lakes region of Africa to assess the humanitarian situation there, according to a spokesman. After arriving tomorrow in Kenya…
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UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 232 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 20 August 1997) - A leader of one of the suspected…
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CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 33 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs APPEAL UPDATE (SIX MONTHS): KENYA/TANZANIA DROUGHT Disaster Bulletin No. 7632S (ORIGINALLY ISSUED FEB. 13, 1997, for $515,000) SUMMARY: SITUATION: Rain abated drought conditions in Kenya during the last six months, improving…
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Introduction Turkana and Kajiado districts received some rain during the reported period. Marsabit remained dry for the week. Forage and water in Turkana, Wajir and Kajiado are still available for the livestock. Kajiado Some showers were received in Kajiado in the last week.…
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appeal no. 05/97 (revised) period covered: 1 June - 25 July 1997 The operation is proceeding well, thanks in large part to the experience of Kenyan Red Cross staff and excellent collaboration between the Red Cross and others involved .…
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Co-ordinating Office Action by Churches Together(ACT) is a worldwide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response and common identity. The ACT network is organizationally based in the Lutheran World…
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UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org [The weekly roundup is based on IRIN daily updates and other relevant information from UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donors and the…
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(Excerpt) UNDP FLASH! UNDP and UN/DHA are assisting Kenya in coping with the effects of two years of poor rains which has brought severe drought to large parts of Kenya, particularly the country's eastern and Rift Valley areas where approximately 1.4…
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AFKE71 Dear Friends, We would like to share with you contents of the following letter from NCCK, expressing concern about the drought situation and the Implementing Partners predicament due to the poor status of funding for the Appeal. QUOTE We are very, very…
