Reports

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE SECOND UN-DMT MISSION 1. In response to the Kenyan Government's appeal for assistance, and further to its first assessment mission to North-Eastern Province on 21-23 January, the UN Disaster Management Team (UN-DMT), led by the UN Resident…

Summary Some 60% of Kenya is affected by severe drought with North Eastern and Eastern Provinces among the hardest hit. A recent Food and Agricultural Organisation assessment indicates that 1.6 million people require relief assistance until the next harvest in September.…

Louise Tunbridge, Special to The Christian Science Monitor NAIROBI, KENYA -- Opposition politicians in Kenya say they have never had an easy time. Now, they add, the imposition of a "draconian" act by the government in the name of…

Kenya The Government of Kenya has declared a national disaster because of the prolonged drought in Eastern and North Eastern Provinces. The resulting food shortages in these areas have been exacerbated by a substantial national production deficit…

Emergency Response Office KENYA/TANZANIA DROUGHT - $515,000 Disaster Bulletin No. 7632S Signed by Rodney Page, CWS Executive Director SUMMARY : - SITUATION: Kenya faces impending mass hunger due to a severe drought in the country's semi-arid northern and eastern regions. Some 2.5 million people…

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE BACKGROUND FOR APPEAL 1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Nairobi reports that at the request of the Government of Kenya, the UN Disaster Management Team (UN-DMT) carried out a first assessment mission to drought affected north-eastern…

Emergency Appeal no. 01.04/96 situation report no. 4 period covered: October - December 1996 Some 20,000 refugees from the conflict and famine in neighbouring Somalia are still resident in three camps near Mombasa on the Kenyan coast. The Federation and Kenyan…

EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 32 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs This alert does not guarantee that an appeal will follow. To give your input, see contact at end of bulletin. Some 2.5 million people face starvation due to…

(Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply situation conditions give rise to concern) DATE: 22 JANUARY 1997 The outlook for the short rains crops (mainly maize, millet, sorghum and pulses) has seriously deteriorated due to insufficient rainfall during the growing…

Short-Rains Season Is a Failure Across Much of Kenya In most of Kenya, the short rains started late. They were well distributed and heavy from mid- to late November, and in December they came to an early…