Reports

SAMBURU [ACTED News] - Samburu communities of northern Kenya should be considerably relieved with the distribution of jerry cans and water, made by ACTED since 26, September. ACTED teams delivered jerry cans and water to 200 vulnerable…

WFP’s hospital feeding programme is making a difference for both patients and their carers in Dadaab. Inside an isolation ward at a hospital in Dadaab, Bola Gurow Dure struggles to carry her small child. She is so…

The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa ‎‎(BADEA), has signed four loan agreements worth US $ ‎‎25.2 million for the benefit of four countries – Sao Tomé & ‎Principe, Mali, Tanzania and Kenya.‎ The agreements…

On 1 October 2011, IOM carried out the first ever de-stocking exercise for the host community in Kulan, Northern Kenya. One thousand pastoralists, or 125 households, in the area benefited from this initiative, which is part of…

Livelihood Zone 1: Northwestern Pastoral Zone The North‐Western pastoral zone has a hot climate, with temperatures of between 240C and 380C and an annual average of 300C. Rainfall is bimodal, erratic and unreliable. The short rains (April‐July)…

This Revised Emergency Appeal now seeks CHF 30,438,354 in cash, kind, or services to support the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) assist about 1,000,000 beneficiaries. The appeal time frame is unchanged, and this operation will therefore…

By Nancy Okwengu in Turkana Villages around the salty Lake Turkana in northern Kenya have a rustic charm that conceals serious danger. From a distance only three fishermen can be seen fishing in the early afternoon. Crocodiles…

Change is as good as rest, so the saying goes. Nothing says this better than the Maasai community in Loitoktok. Since time immemorial, they have led nomadic lifestyles, depending largely on livestock for their livelihood. However,…

Prepared by: Amanda Lundy (alundy@oxfam.org.uk) 1. Key Issues Work in Kambioos has resumed with minimal interruptions. No WFP food distributions took place in the month of September in Wajir. The Kenyan Prime Minister is the first among leaders from over…

Jazmin is 19 and lives in Kibera in the capital of Kenya. Kibera is one of the biggest slums in Africa with an estimated one million people living in an area measuring just one square mile. The…