Reports

GLIDE no. FL-2006-000159-KEN Period covered by this Final Report: 17 November 2006 to 8 June 2009 Appeal target: CHF 9.65 million (USD 7.97 million or EUR 5.88 million) Final Appeal coverage: 133%; Appeal history: - This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 17 November 2006…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated November 6, 2009. BACKGROUND Recurrent seasons of failed or poor rains, sustained high food prices, environmental…

The Barclays Bank of Kenya has donated Ksh6,015,000 to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) to assist in the efforts to alleviate hunger in North Eastern Province. The donation was presented during an event at the Barclays Head Office,…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The emerging signs of drought and the growing humanitarian crisis in Kenya have worsened since mid-2008. Four consecutive failed rains, sustained high food and commodity prices, the economic and social impacts of post-election violence (PEV),…

By Herron Holloway, IFRC in Kenya Kerro Huka, 49, used to have 300 goats and sheep. He now has just twenty. His story is repeated by the one thousand villagers of Badana in north-eastern Kenya, who haven't seen rain…

HIGHLIGHTS - Harmonised draft constitution released for public scrutiny - Some Mau settlers begin to vacate the forest - Drought conditions continue to affect Kenya, with minimum improvements expected to food security by end of December - Flood affected families return to their homes -…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated October 19, 2009. BACKGROUND Recurrent seasons of failed or poor rains, sustained high food prices,…

Kenya Church World Service is working in the Kadokoi community in coordination with partner Farming Systems Kenya to install a borehole well so that the people there will not have to travel such long distances in search of water. Currently, Jane…

As the rains have failed for three years now, famine was declared a national disaster in Kenya on the 10th of January 2009. Livestock body conditions have drastically deteriorated, and many deaths have been reported among the populations. High…

This report, covering 25 Oct-4 Nov 2009 is based on information received from the Government of Kenya, Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), UN Agencies, humanitarian partners in the field and the media. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES - Six people killed in floods and…