Reports

Madrid, 3 de febrero de 2006 - La Red Internacional Acción contra el Hambre acaba de lanzar la alerta internacional ante el sensible aumento de la desnutrición en el norte de Kenya. Muy pronto la situación podría deteriorarse dada…

Magdalen Nandawula is Oxfam's Humanitarian Project Manager in Wajir, Kenya. During the course of her work, she met a new mother on the side of the road who she found herself powerless to help. Here she recounts the traumatic…

Appeal Target: US$ 2,442,709 Geneva, 2 February 2006 Dear Colleagues, With the failure of the current rainy season in northern and eastern Kenya, the already precarious food security outlook in the country has worsened. Crop failure and depletion of…

A drought that historically strikes every four years has produced a severe food shortage and a livelihood crisis in Kenya, leaving 2.5 million in need of emergency food aid. The pastoralist communities in the North and North-eastern districts of the…

Nairobi, Kenya (January 27, 2006) - As the number of people directly affected by the current drought in the Horn of Africa keeps on rising-reaching approximately 6 million people in four countries-CARE is scaling up its response and planning…

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Livelihood Zones (Lzs) And Populations Machakos District is divided into four primary livelihood zones namely. These are Mixed farming, Ranching (Mavoko), Formal and informal employment. However, mixed farming livelihood zone has been further subdivided into; Mixed farming: Coffee/dairy…

Introduction Narok district covers an area of 15,097.8 square kilometres, and is situated in the southwestern side of the country, in Rift Valley Province. It borders the Republic of Tanzania to the south, Trans Mara to the West, Bomet, Bureti…

Introduction West Pokot district is bordered by Uganda to the west, Baringo district to the east, Trans Nzoia and Marakwet districts to the south and Turkana district to the noth and north-east. The district covers an area of 9100km2 and…

As Kenya's worst drought since 2000 intensifies, ActionAid is warning that tribal disputes are on the increase, with nomadic peoples starting to fight over scarce fertile land in the north east region. The agency also reports that people in…

1 INTRODUCTION Makueni district is located in the Eastern province of Kenya, and covers an area of 7,965.8 square kilometres, with an estimated population of 912,691 people. The district has seventeen administrative divisions and 5 parliamentary constituencies. The Kenya Poverty…