Reports

After weeks of mapping over 1,150 water resources in the East Pokot district and Samburu County of Kenya, all district and county planners now have access to current invaluable qualitative information from the district map books…

By Ellie Matthews April 4, 2012 at 9:30 am Dadaab – the world’s oldest and largest refugee camp complex – is facing ever more serious and complex problems. But, while many organisations have pulled out due to the…

Executive Summary Overview On behalf of the Government of Kenya (GoK), the Ministry of Finance (MoF) sent an official request to international partners in August 2011 for assistance in undertaking an assessment of the prevailing drought in the…

Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) 1.0 Executive Summary 1.1 Scope of the October-December, 2011 short rains food security assessments The multi-sectoral 2011/12 short rains were conducted by a joint…

This week, families and communities in Mwatate, Kenya will have a new source of water and a new hope for consistent supplies of food thanks to a borehole being drilled by the Christian Reformed World Relief…

Though one sounds like a medical contraption and the other a geometry problem, water pans and trapezoidal bunds are actually vital instruments Kenyan herders and farmers can use to collect and preserve rainwater for human and…

The Safaricom Foundation in collaboration with Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) launched a water project in Wajir East District on 26th March 2012. The water project aims at cushioning more than 5,000 people from water scarcity…

Second-largest logistics facility in the worldThe ICRC Nairobi delegation was set up in Kenya in 1973. It monitors the humanitarian situation in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti. Kenya’s geographical position makes it an ideal base for the…

Clean, safe water is a treasured commodity in Africa, but for millions across the continent, access to decent water is only a dream. Working with African Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the ICRC is running…

Every day, ACTED teams set up wells within communities in order to limit the impact of the drought and to fight waterborne diseases caught through contact with unclean water. Such simple interventions make a world of difference…