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HIGHLIGHTS ■ More than 90 people killed in a fuel pipeline fire blaze incident in Nairobi’s Sinai Lunga Lunga slum ■ Western Kenya affected by floods as drought impacts continue ravaging northern pastoral areas ■ Kenya successfully hosts regional…
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Karen Peachey is the British Red Cross’ east Africa representative, based in Nairobi. The story of the east Africa food crisis is not just about failed rain – there are a lot of confounding factors. It’s a…
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Prepared by: Amanda Lundy (alundy@oxfam.org.uk) 1. Key Issues Water trucking and cash distributions in 1 area of southern Wajir are still suspended given the deteriorating security situation (see below). OCHA revised estimates of the population in need in Kenya…
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By Rob McBride WAJIR, Kenya, 12 September 2011 - At the side of the road in one of the most remote parts of Wajir in north east Kenya, a flurry of activity buzzed around a covered water…
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Nina Papachristou The streets of Gatwekera village in Nairobi's Kibera slum throng with people on a recent Sunday afternoon. Small shops and kiosks line the dirt paths separating brightly colored shacks with tin roofs that extend as…
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011—Fremont residents Lee and Sue Mys are leaving their West Michigan home tomorrow to spend three months volunteering in Kenya where chronic rainfall shortages have caused near-famine conditions. By the time they leave the…
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Durante dos días se repartieron 60.000 litros de agua y 1.800 pastillas potabilizadoras a los afectados por la sequía en la población de Hungai. Cáritas. 13 de septiembre de 2011.- Dos expertas del Área de Cooperación Internacional de…
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Executive summary Despite the extraordinary advances of the 21 st century, the devastating impacts of poverty and preventable diseases continue to prevail. While major development efforts are ongoing in countries around the world, the vast majority of…
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U.N. warns 750,000 at risk for starvation in coming months September 8, 2011 Amid grim U.N. warnings about the deadly scope of the Horn of Africa famine, AmeriCares has expanded its large-scale emergency response in the region to…
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Ref No: KMD/FCST/5-2011/SO/03 Performance of the 2011 “Long Rains” (March-April-May) season Most parts of the country, especially the Northern, North-eastern Kenya and the Coastal Strip recorded highly depressed rainfall during March-April-May 2011 “Long-Rains” Season. This resulted into drought…
