CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR PEACE - CCP Report March 08

CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR PEACE
http://forums.rescuekenya.org/ccp/
Giving a voice to Kenyan citizens to engage and contribute in the creation of peace and hope

CCP REPORT
INTRODUCTION
Following the announcement of the disputed presidential elections and the subsequent violence, there emerged an urgent need to initiate a process that would have national appeal for calm as solutions were being sought. [...]

GOK Crisis Coordination Teams

Overall Coordination:
National Disaster Operation Centre
Nyayo House 3rd Floor – North Wing
Director: Col Wesonga
Tel: +254 20 2212386
+254 20 2211445
Mobile: +254 711 860588
Other Sectoral Focal Points
Kenya Red Cross Society:
Abbas Gullet
Tel: 603593, 3950000, 600669
Mob: 0722206958/ 0733333040.
Health and Nutrition:
Ministry of Health: Mrs. Rosemary Ngaruro,
Tel: 0722469522, 0723143241
UNICEF, Noreen 072063121,
Ruth Situma 0727534692.
Education:
Ministry of Education
Mr Karaba: 0733856471, 222543.
Mr Abdi Habat: 0722931854
UNICEF
Aminata Maitha: [...]

Displaced teachers moved to new bases

Displaced teachers moved to new bases
Over 1,800 teachers in Nakuru District have been temporarily moved to new schools after they were displaced from their former work stations by violence occasioned by disputed vote tallying in last year’s presidential election. The local chapter of the Kenya National Union of Teachers said Sunday that most of the [...]

Turmoil throws higher education into disarray - 7 Feb 08

Turmoil throws higher education into disarray
Higher education is facing one of its worst crisis ever following a delay in re-opening public universities and tertiary colleges in the wake of post-election violence. The delay is expected to put the institutions on condensed programme modules similar to those of the late 1980s, which could compromise the quality [...]

Children bear the brunt of post-poll violence - 31 Jan 08

Children bear the brunt of post-poll violence
“You will fall,” Maureen Mbone, 23, warns her two sons who are playing nearby. She is a mother of three. Her youngest child, who is eight months old, is still suckling. The young mother is concerned about her five and three-year old sons who are playing, oblivious to their [...]

IDP children falling through protection cracks

KENYA: IDP children falling through protection [...]

Education - 60,000 miss class due to chaos - 23 Jan 08

60,000 miss class due to chaos
More than 60,000 students from primary and secondary schools in Rift Valley Province have been displaced following the post-elections violence. Already 6,665 secondary school students have transferred to schools in Nakuru. About 660 primary and secondary school teachers have also been temporarily transferred to safer areas. However, Rift Valley Provincial [...]