Reports

Antoine Larochette, head of Handicap International’s emergency mission in Kenya, has been travelling across the camps of Dadaab for several weeks. In that time, he has witnessed a constant increase in the number of refugees arriving…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Larger Kilifi District is in Coast province. It lies between 3° 16 south and 4° south, and 39° 05 east and 40° east. The shoreline is 144 Km from Mtwapa Creek to Mida Creek. The…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Taita Taveta County is in Coast Province and is situated to the southwest. It borders Tana River, Kitui and Makueni Districts to the north, Kwale and Kilifi Districts to the east, Kajiado District to the…

Highlights In the drought-affected areas of Kenya: • The intensity of the ongoing drought is most severe in Mandera, Turkana, Wajir, West Pokot, Moyale, and Ijara districts. • Following the opening of a nutrition program by UNICEF Somalia…

Special Focus on Measles, Cholera, and Malaria in the Horn of Africa The three Dadaab area refugee camps in north-eastern Kenya have recorded a significant increase in the number of reported cases of measles. Between January and…

Caritas Kenya will be providing food and water to 30, 420 families living in the most drought-affected parts of the country over the next six months. This far-reaching emergency relief program, which will help over 180,000…

MWINGI, 25 August 2011 (IRIN) - A mix of illiteracy, cultural practices, poverty and institutional challenges is compounding already high drought-related child malnutrition levels in parts of Kenya. "Malnutrition is often not recognized as an illness," Janet…

Prepared by: Amanda Lundy (alundy@oxfam.org.uk) 1. Key Issues Kambioss is experiencing ongoing difficulties as host communities dispute wages, disrupting construction. Relocation has been temporarily suspended. Water trucks are not able to reach Kambioss because there are no roads and…

The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) Drought Operation team in Wajir County has conducted assessments in Wajir East, Wajir West, Wajir North and Wajir South. The major gaps identified include water, hygiene and sanitation, nutrition and…

MARSABIT, 24 August 2011 (IRIN) - Amina Abdalla, a 45-year-old mother of seven, lives in northern Kenya's Marsabit District, where life is a daily struggle for scarce water and pasture. Abdalla's family lives on about 10 litres…