Reports

By Ellie Matthews One year on, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has supported millions of people across the horn of Africa. Click here to view the slideshow.

July 2012 Your support for Tearfund’s East Africa appeal has helped more than 67,000 people in Kenya. Drought led the Kenyan government in July 2011 to declare a national disaster. The UN estimates 60 per cent of livestock…

Tens of thousands of lives at risk with money for vital services set to run out in two to three months One year since images of Somalis fleeing famine and conflict and pouring into Dadaab captured the…

London, 9 July 2012 – One year ago, parts of East Africa recorded the worst rainfall for 60 years leaving more than 13 million people in the grip of a devastating drought. Thanks to the dedication of…

RAPID URBANIZATION EXPOSES TOWN DWELLING KENYANS TO FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION Food security analyses for developing countries have mainly focused on rural areas because factors underlying food insecurity and malnutrition such as poverty, low education on levels,…

The Kenya Red Cross has helped cut the number of people suffering from severe malnutrition in part of the world’s largest refugee camp by 75 per cent over the last nine months. It began providing essential healthcare…

IFO 2 was opened in July 2011, to accommodate Somali refugees who escaped escalating violence in Somalia and drought. The three existing camps, IFO 1, Hagadera and Dagahley, could not accommodate more refugees as they were…

Early cessation of the long rains likely to deepen food insecurity in the southeast *The food security situation has improved in many pastoral areas with exceptions in parts of Garissa, Ijara, and Tana River where poor recharge…

Executive Summary A. Exercise Objective The objective of the People First Impact Method (P-FiM) (confer Annex 2) exercise in East Pokot was to give communities a voice. It records declarations of impact and measures the impact; positive, negative…

Executive Summary A. Exercise objective The objective of the People First Impact Method (P-FiM) (Annex 2) exercise in Turkana was to give a voice to communities in selected areas. It records declarations of impact and measures the impact;…