Reports

HIGHLIGHTS An outbreak of dengue fever in Mandera, close to the Somalia and Ethiopia borders, has affected about 1,000 people and four unconfirmed deaths are reported In August, the number of admissions for children with severe acute malnutrition…

Tyco International’s $50,000 emergency response grant will provide 8,000 people with access to safe water in Kenya Action Against Hunger’s partnership with Tyco International, the Clean Water Access Initiative, has made an emergency grant of $50,000 in…

HIGHLIGHTS General Overview  Kenya’s poor performance toward reducing child mortality in line with MDG benchmarks was highlighted this week in the Daily Nation newspaper Figures from the recent UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimates global Levels…

Watch the video East Africa is in the midst of a devastating drought, with more than 12 million people needing humanitarian assistance. Fortunately, communities such as Kibauni, Kenya, are finding ways to store more and more water.…

UN-HABITAT and the embassy of Malta this week opened a new water supply and treatment plant to provide clean, affordable drinking water for some 4,000 people living in an informal settlement not far from the agency's…

24 September 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a long-term approach by national authorities and the international donor community to tackle the root causes of recurring drought-related food shortages in the Horn of Africa,…

Prepared by: Amanda Lundy (alundy@oxfam.org.uk) 1. Key Issues A recount of applicants for refugee status in Dadaab revealed large numbers attempting double registration. The apparent backlog in registration has been adjusted from 40,000 to 1,909. Continued concerns around the…

September 22, 2011 ‐ Los Angeles, Calif. – International Medical Corps announced at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting a commitment to immediately address the nutritional and health needs of 200,000 individuals suffering from the…

HIGHLIGHTS A recount of applicants for refugee status in Dadaab has found large numbers attempting double registration. The apparent large backlog in applications for registration has been adjusted from 40,000 to 1,909. The average daily arrival rate…

What do you do when your cultural tradition dictates that you take care of relatives during times of difficulty, but you are also struggling to survive? This is the situation facing families in Katilu in Northern…