Reports

ACTED News [Churo] Among the predominantly pastoralist Pokot community, ACTED has been addressing underlying causes of malnutrition by promoting better access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). A recently concluded program in East Pokot, with USAID/OFDA…

ACTED News [Maralal] 1,000 vulnerable households in drought-affected Northern Kenya (Samburu and Wajir Counties) will be provided with 20 liters of water a day for two months, thanks to water trucking operations organized by ACTED, with…

Improvements in pastoral food security expected, though risk remains high The national long rains assessment estimates that 3.75 million people in pastoral and marginal cropping lowlands are food insecure in Kenya. Of most concern are the 1.4…

Highlights General ・ Kenya hosted a regional summit on the Horn of Africa (HoA) crisis from 8-9 September 2011. Five Heads of State attended the meeting from Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Tanzania. Key outcomes of the…

Prepared by: Amanda Lundy (alundy@oxfam.org.uk) Key Issues • Ifo III and Kambioos relocation suspended again due to the ongoing disputes with the host community. • Host community activities around Dadaab reported this week for the first time.…

AusAID Director General Peter Baxter witnessed first hand how Australian support for the ongoing humanitarian effort is saving lives in the Horn of Africa when he visited the world's largest refugee camp in northern Kenya. Mr Baxter…

HIGHLIGHTS General Overview  IGAD predicts good rains for the next season in parts of Kenya with food security expected to improve slightly in the worst-affected areas. Drought-Affected Areas  The number of admissions to nutritional feeding centres and outpatient…

Mixed with the braying of livestock and the welcome laughter of children, a new sound swirls above the village of Nakupurat in Kenya these days. It is the steady creaking of a windmill. For villager Ekiru…

By Alexander Matheou and Dr Nasra Ali “I was walking with my three children, and they just opened fire at us.” The mother fans the air over her four month old baby, whose shoulder has been pierced…

A person's quest to bring simple sanitation to Kenyan slum where toilets are lacking, a disposable bag that transforms human waste into fertilizer may be an answer. They call me ‘Mama Poo,” Anne told me matter-of-factly as…