Reports

HIGHLIGHTS - Political momentum heightens ahead of 4 August constitutional polls - UN and partners call on regional governments to secure cross-border movement of pastoralists - Northern districts issue alerts for drought in Marsabit, Isiolo and Turkana - Cholera outbreaks controlled in 32 out…

The Financial Tracking System (FTS) on 15 July, reported total contributions of US$ 318 million to humanitarian action in Kenya. Of this amount, 96.2 % ($ 306 million) has been allocated to projects within the 2010 Emergency Humanitarian Response…

GLIDE n=B0 FL-2010-000003-KEN The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The…

Safaricom Foundation has donated Ksh75 million towards the implementation of water projects in arid and semi arid areas in Kenya, under the Maji na Uhai initiative being implemented by the Kenya Red Cross Society(KRCS) and Action Aid. The Foundation signed…

AI Index: PRE01/210/2010 Women and girls in Nairobi's slums live under the constant threat of sexual violence, leaving them often too scared to leave their houses to use communal toilet and bathroom facilities, Amnesty International said in a report released…

INTRODUCTION "Women, more than men, suffer the indignity of being forced to defecate in the open, at risk of assault or rape ..." Women in focus group discussion in Kibera, 14 February 2010 The majority of Nairobi's residents live in informal…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Acute emergency needs in Kenya are gradually subsiding. Food security has improved for droughtaffected pastoral and marginal agricultural households following the satisfactory 2009/10 short-rains season and the early start to the 2010 long rains.…

Kenya 2010 Funding by Sector - Kenya EHRP 2010 Original and Revised Appeal by Sector

ABSTRACT This external evaluation was commissioned in order to judge the success of the DG ECHO funded 2008/09 drought response projects in Kenya, and to draw lessons for future humanitarian responses. The evaluation covered 34 contracts with…

HIGHLIGHTS - Six people die, hundreds injured in grenade explosion at a prayer meeting in Nairobi Uhuru Park - GoK moves swiftly to arrest MPs for alleged hate speeches - Government and partners to assess urban food security in July…