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Nowadays, the humanitarian community is thriving to embed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and cross-cutting policies on sustainability in its programmes and operations. It’s exciting to see so many organizations exploring solutions to contribute to achieve one…
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The Drought Emergency Response for Food and Nutrition Security (DERF) is a USAID-funded project, implemented in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Marsabit, Turkana and Samburu counties. Under this 12-month project, Concern, ACTED and the local…
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A record number of children were seen by MSF teams in Dagahaley refugee camp, Kenya, in 2022. Rates of severe acute malnutrition have risen sharply as cholera rages, drought continues and a lack of donations and response…
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Excerpt NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Kenya Red Cross Society is a voluntary humanitarian organization established by an Act of Parliament in 1965. It serves as an auxiliary to the public authorities in the provision of humanitarian assistance. It…
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Description of the Event What happened, where and when? The current outbreak of cholera started on 19th October with its origin being traced to a wedding festival in Kiambu County which later spread across Kiambu (31), Nairobi (17),…
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HIGHLIGHTS With the failure of the last four rainy seasons, Kenya is experiencing the worst drought in 40 years. It is projected that about 4.5 million people in the 23 Arid and Semi-Arid Lands will require humanitarian…
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1.0 DROUGHT SITUATION OVERVIEW The drought situation remains critical in 22 of the 23 ASAL counties due to the late onset and poor performance of the much-anticipated October to December 2022 short rains, coupled with four previous…
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Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification The 2022 short rains were erratic, depressed and poorly distributed in terms of space and time. Satellite imagery for the month of December 2022 indicates that two out of three sub…
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Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators The County experienced dry and hot weather conditions throughout the month. However, some rains were received during the first week of December. There was early cessation of the 2022 short rains season. Vegetation…
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Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification • The condition of vegetation deteriorated significantly during the period under review as evidenced by the decline in the VCI3month value from 34 to 25. The observed state of vegetation was…
