Reports

Officials visit CERF-funded project to address acute malnutrition in Kenya Mr. Ali Mohamed, CERF Advisory Group member and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Special Programmes, joined Mr. Rashid Khalikov, Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

This report was issued by OCHA Kenya with information received from the Government of Kenya, Kenya Red Cross Society, UN agencies and OCHA field Offices. It covers the period from 5 September 2009 to 8 September. The next report…

President Mwai Kibaki has welcomed the signing of an agreement on water resource management, irrigation and capacity building between Kenya and the Israeli Government. Speaking at his Harambee House office today where he met visiting Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and…

Key Overall Developments WFP urgently needs 217,000 metric tons of food - US$218 million - to feed 3.5 million people by the end of October when stocks will run-out. The latest Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) assessment says…

Introduction According to the Financial Tracking System (FTS)1, Kenya has received a total of USD 306.3 million for humanitarian activities in 2009. Of this amount 91% (USD 279.2 million) has been allocated through the Emergency Humanitarian Response Plan (EHRP). Whilst…

BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Recurrent seasons of failed or poor rains, sustained high food prices, environmental degradation, outbreaks of disease, and flooding have led to deteriorating food security conditions throughout Kenya,…

According to the latest food security assessment, the number of people in need of livelihood and humanitarian support has increased by 13 percent, from 3.2 million to 3.6 million since January 2009. - Malnutrition levels in several parts of the country…

1.0 Executive Summary 1.1 Background The Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) conducted the 2009 long rains food security assessment in late May and July 2009 covering 30 districts. Twenty seven drought prone Arid and Semi Arid districts in the pastoral,…

Communities in Wajir have told Oxfam at a series of public hearings that the drought in the district is becoming the most severe in recent memory and has left children malnourished, animals weak or dying, and people struggling to…

HIGHLIGHTS - Government launches a long-term National Economic Stimulus Program to address immediate drought needs, and revamp agro-infrastructure - Long Rains Assessment results reveal dire needs in drought-hit areas - Nutrition status of children indicate a worrying trend - Ministry of Agriculture to lead…