Reports

Somali refugees continue to arrive at the overcrowded camp complex in Dadaab, northeastern Kenya, every day. They are fleeing the violent conflict in Somalia and the devastating effects of ongoing drought and lack of food. The…

1.0 General situation Kenya declared a drought disaster on June 1st 2011 affecting 2.4 million people in the northern arid and semi-arid regions of the country. This was following the failure of the long and a short…

Richmond, VA – July 25, 2011 – ChildFund International continues to respond to the situation that threatens 11.5 million children and their families throughout Kenya and Ethiopia. ChildFund’s Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) centers are…

Current food security outcomes and classification • FEWS NET and partner analysis suggests that a food security emergency is occurring in the northern and northeastern pastoral areas and a few parts of the southeastern lowlands. The next…

This Revised Emergency Appeal now seeks CHF 14,692,020 in cash, kind, or services to support the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) to assist about 1,000,000 beneficiaries for 12 months and will be completed by the end…

IOM is to help pastoralists in north-eastern Kenya who are suffering from the extreme effects of drought and are sharing scant resources with large numbers of Somalis who continue to arrive in the area o a…

Plan's response has so far reached a half million people A humanitarian crisis affecting some 10 million people is unfolding in eastern and southern parts of the Horn of Africa. Failed rains, local and global price increases…

FAMINE CONDITIONS DECLARED BY UN LOS ANGELES, CA (July 21, 2011)—Los Angeles-based International relief agency Operation USA announced today that it will send emergency aid to East Africa as part of relief efforts responding to the worst…

Prepared by: Amanda Lundy (alundy@oxfam.org.uk) 1. Key Issues The Cabinet authorised 9 billion Ksh for the purchase of emergency food supplies to support affected Kenyans. Despite the Prime Minister’s declared intention on 14th July to allow refugees into Ifo…

It sounds obvious, but drought affects everything. The day is marked out by the task of finding enough water for yourself, your family and livestock and safely carrying it home. Fatima Daar Foot has walked many miles…