Assessments

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Key Findings: As has been found in previous food security assessments, there continues to be widespread household food insecurity across Karamoja. The low agricultural productivity across Karmoja is a well-documented fact. In summary, the main causes of…

Functioning and integrated markets are key prerequisites for using a market-based approach for providing food assistance. For cash or voucher transfers to work, people must be able to buy what they need in their local markets and markets…

The overall objective of this post-harvest assessment was to determine the level of crop and livestock production and output in Karamoja during the 2013 season and the resultant implications for the current and projected food security…

1. CONTEXT Mandera County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya, located in …

Background The Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) is an independent, non-political humanitarian organization that was founded in 1963 and was established with presidential decree in 1965. The Society has been providing humanitarian services, including health care, to…

Introduction: Since the conflict broke down in South Sudan during mid-Dec 2013, thousands of South Sudanese people reportedly fled their homes to various locations including Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Kenya in seek for safe refuge environment. WNS…

WFP has been using voucher assistance in Darfur since 2011 and has progressively expanded the use of cash and vouchers since then. In 2014, WFP planned to further expand its activities to several new locations and…

CONTEXT This factsheet presents the key findings of a REACH assessment conducted in Mingkaman, Awerial County in March 2014 in order to gather more information about the displacement patterns and intentions of internally displaced persons (IDPs), as…

Context Since the beginning of the crisis in South Sudan in December 2013, a total of 908,000 individuals have been displaced by armed violence and insecurity, at least 705,800 of which remain within the country. Many of…

Inter clan conflict situation along the border areas of Wajir and Mandera Counties Background Wajir County is divided into 8 districts namely; Wajir East, Tarbaj, Wajir South, Habaswein, Wajir West, Eldas, Buna and Wajir North districts. There are…