Consultancy - Midterm-Evaluation of Johanniter s project activities in Kenya, SSD and Uganda reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
English Assessment on Kenya about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 28 May 2021 by ACTED, Oxfam and 2 other organizations
Market monitoring for the Kenya Cash Consortium response to the desert locust invasion and food insecurity, January-March 2021, ASAL Counties of Kenya
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BACKGROUND
The arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) counties are currently experiencing multiple shocks to their livelihoods and food security. While people’s health is threatened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the approaching agricultural season is endangered by a combination of the desert locust infestation, dry spells and floods that are impacting already vulnerable communities and further increasing food insecurity in the area.
The desert locust infestation has contributed to the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) projection of over 985,000 people in Phase 3 (crisis) and Phase 4 (emergency) in 23 ASAL counties of Kenya between April and July 2021 and the effect of the infestation is expected to continue being felt at community level by farmers, pastoralists and agropastoralists.
1. Background and Rationale
Kenya is subject to recurrent, cyclical, and erratic disasters characterized as natural (climatological, hydrological, biological, and the like) or man-made (technological, social, chemical, and the like). When disasters occur in Kenya, local actors are the first to respond. However, these local actors are undermined by gaps and shortcomings within the Kenya Disaster Response System.
As such, Johanniter International Assistance (JIA), and three local NGO first responders – The Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance (RACIDA), St. Johns Ambulance of Kenya, and Merti-Integrated Development Programme (MID-P) (hereafter referred to as the consortium members) – commissioned a systemic analysis of Kenya’s Disaster Response System to identify key areas for investment and capacity building. The analysis revealed several categories of barriers that hinder effective service delivery by first responders in Kenya, which relate to policy, legal an
Post distribution monitoring for the Kenya cash consortium response to the desert locust crisis and food insecurity in Asal counties of Kenya (February 2021) - Kenya reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.