Reports

LOLPULELEI, Kenya, 21 September, 2010 - Zebras and elephants roam among the cattle and goats. Lolpulelei is 200 km from the nearest tar road and the preoccupations of the pastoralists who live here are a million miles from the…

Martin Karimi, European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Guyatu Bagaja heaves a 20-litre jerry can onto her back and with the help of a younger woman, she firmly secures it using a rope that crosses her shoulders twice, instantly…

Highlights of 2009 On 21st January 2009, Kenya Red Cross Society launched a Drought Appeal targeting Ksh1,870,648,275 to assist 2,627,909 droughtaffected populations for 12 months. Fire Tragedies The Nakumatt Downtown Supermarket in Nairobi was gutted down by fire on 28th January…

Geneva, Monday 30 August 2010 1. Brief description of the emergency The humanitarian situation in Somalia is one of the worst in the world, characterised by heavy fighting in Mogadishu, resultant population displacement and civilian deaths. The fighting in Somalia has…

Period covered by this Operations Update: April 2010 to July 2010 Revised Appeal target: CHF 2,056,046 (USD 1,954,416 or EUR 1,431,787). Appeal coverage: 100%; Appeal history: - A drought appeal was initially launched locally on 22 January 2009 for CHF 28,343,156 (USD…

BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated May 14, 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - In July, the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) reported that aflatoxin contamination had…

IP/10/1020 Brussels, 2 August 2010 Today, the European Commission has adopted a € 15 million aid package to provide assistance to Somali populations at Dadaab camps, the biggest refugee camps in the world, hosting more than 278,000 people. The sectors covered…

Success Story, Community conserves the ecosystem while providing access to water The people of Kapsasian community, near Kenya's renowned Masai Mara Game Reserve no longer have to walk miles in search of water thanks to a USAID/East Africa project that…

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No.1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid , and in particular Article 2 and Article 15(3) thereof; Whereas: (1) Somalia has…

(extract) Kenya Some 3,800 people--about 475 households--in Kapchemogen community, in the arid West Pokot district, are taking part in a project of CWS partner Yang'at to access reliable sources of water for household and livestock use. To this point, the people…