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This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR websites, www.unhcr.org and www.unhcr.fr, which should also…
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Period covered by this Ops Update: October 2011- January 2012 Appeal target (current): CHF 26,154,197; Appeal coverage: 27% as of 24 January 2012 Appeal history: • A preliminary emergency appeal was launched on 19 October 2011 for CHF 27,618,017 (plus…
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Blog by Reshma Khan, Advocacy and Communications Assistant, CARE Kenya I still remember the 1st of May 2011. His Excellency Mwai Kibaki, the President of Kenya, declared the ongoing drought a national disaster and called upon donors…
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By David Singh Geneva, 19 January - “The animals are dead. The rivers, lagoons and dams are dry. They have to move to neigbouring countries like Tanzania in search of pastures and water. As they move, they…
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KEY ISSUES Oxfam and partners are organizing a forum for Civil Society and other stakeholders to do a post-mortem of the Kenya Country Paper on ending drought emergencies. Civil Society representation in the recently gazetted National Disaster…
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DEC's Brendan Paddy visits Kukale Village in Wajir to see DEC funded work by Islamic Relief which has upgraded the local well, serving about 720 people with clean and safe drinking water. Life in Wajir Wajir is an…
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By Protus Onyango NAIROBI, Jan 3, 2012 (IPS) - The acute lack of water in Kenya means families have to trek long distances every day to fetch water. In both rural and urban areas, people often walk…
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MARALAL [ACTED News] - With the support of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ACTED began implementing in mid-December an innovative mapping system using mobile phones to collect key information on water points, which will…
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Dear friend, In the decades I've been working to solve global problems, I've never seen a crisis like the one we're currently tackling in the Horn of Africa. Millions of people have been displaced by the worst drought…
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MARALAL [ACTED News] – More than 80,000 people have been affected by flooding during the past two weeks in western, northern, and north-eastern Kenya according to various assessments conducted by the Government of Kenya, UN agencies,…
