Reports

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 and Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is…

Tunis, 3 November 2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Tuesday, 3 November 2009 in Tunis, a loan of USD 123 million (Units of Account 77.92 million) to finance the Small…

Background For most of 2008, the global food crisis seemed to have by-passed Kenya. The country was already reeling from the internal upheaval of post-election violence and displacement but populations were at least shielded from the worst effects of food…

HIGHLIGHTS - Kenya to hold referendum on constitution in April 2010 - Floods in Mandera, Malindi and Mombasa leave thousands displaced, one killed - Stakeholders forum on urban vulnerability agree on developing a coordinated response to urban poor - El Nino rains to…

According to the Financial Tracking System (FTS), a total of $ 381 million has been committed to humanitarian action in Kenya (both within and outside the framework of the appeal) to date. Of this amount, 88% ($ 340 million)…

GLIDE no. DR-2009-000197-KEN Period covered by this Ops Update: 28 September to 09 October 2009. Appeal target: CHF 8,680,692 (USD 8,427,856 or EUR 5,748,803) Appeal coverage: 6% Appeal history: Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): CHF 500,000 was initially allocated from the Federation's DREF to…

The process started on 10th September 2009 with a meeting that was called by the Nakuru District Commissioner (DC) to discuss the preparedness for the floods and the Mau Forest eviction. A second meeting was held on 16th September…

Thousands will be left homeless as floods in Kenya are predicted to follow the country's worst-ever drought. The rains have failed in Kenya since 2007 resulting in a prolonged drought with over 10 million people in need of food aid,…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Recurrent seasons of failed or poor rains, sustained high food prices, environmental degradation, outbreaks of disease, and flooding have led…

By Anne Wanjiru, in Yatta Ahead of Global Handwashing Day, 15 October 2009, the Kenyan community of Kitheuni has been practising handwashing and proper sanitation - and it's the children who are leading the way to a safer future. At the…