Reports

They dig beneath the hot Kenyan sun, putting in a hard day’s work in a region where opportunity is often scarce, as is food, water – and hope. But they do not labour in vain. Their efforts put…

This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Eastern Africa. It covers the period from 23 November - 13 December 2011. The next report will be issued if…

With the famine in Somalia sparking an increased flow of refugees into neighbouring Kenya, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is scaling up its programmes to help improve the living conditions in the northern part of…

CHF 300,003 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Kenya Red Cross Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 3,500 households (21,000 beneficiaries). Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are…

1. Executive Summary Kenya, alongside other countries in the Horn of Africa, has for most of 2011 faced a severe food crisis due to a climatic disaster that has become a recurring phenomenon in shorter cycles, negating…

OVERVIEW This weekly report is produced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as part of its crisis reporting on the drought in the Horn of Africa countries. The report covers the period from 29 November to…

Since the food crisis broke in Kenya nearly six months ago, Tearfund has helped more than 25,000 people in the country’s arid north. We are working through partners to provide practical aid to the most vulnerable people…

Following heavy rains in Sericho, Gafarsa and Eres Sabur Garbatulla County for the last two weeks, hundreds of acres of farms with crops on them have been swept away by flood waters, after the Ewaso Nyiro…

A Solution to Addressing Issues of Handpump Breakdown and Mitigating the Impact of Drought Synopsis This paper documents the process of piloting a new handpump in Turkana, Kenya. Known as the BluePump, it was introduced to Kenya by…

1.0 Introduction Turkana is the poorest district in Kenya, with 94.9 % of the total population below the absolute poverty line and not able to meet their basic needs. The Turkana area is characterised by poor soils,…