Food aid by mobile phone: Concern’s new venture in Kenya

Source: Concern
Date: 12 May 2008

Food aid by mobile phone: Concern’s new venture in Kenya

Thousands of villagers in remote Kenya are anxiously awaiting text messages, writes Rob Crilly, in the Rift Valley.
The Delivery of emergency aid to the hungry people of Kerio Valley in one of Kenya’s more remote regions was signalled not by the rumbling [...]

Kenya: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #13 (FY 2008)

Date: 07 May 2008

Kenya: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #13 (FY 200

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 23, 2008.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- According to USAID/OFDA staff, on May 5, the Government of Kenya (GOK) launched an [...]

Kenya Inter-Cluster Team Situation Report No. 20, 7 Apr 2008: Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response - Cluster: Food Assistance

Source: Inter-Cluster Group for Kenya
Date: 07 Apr 2008

Kenya Inter-Cluster Team Situation Report No. 20, 7 Apr 2008: Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response - Cluster: Food Assistance

Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response: Food Assistance Sector
Situation Overview
Kenya Red Cross(KRC), Government of Kenya(GoK), Office of the President/Special Programmes, and WFP are coordinating the single-food-pipeline and food assistance activities in Kenya, building [...]

Kenya Inter-Cluster Team Situation Report No. 19, 31 Mar 2008: Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response - Cluster: Food Assistance

Source: Inter-Cluster Group for Kenya
Date: 31 Mar 2008

Kenya Inter-Cluster Team Situation Report No. 19, 31 Mar 2008: Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response - Cluster: Food Assistance

Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response: Food Assistance Sector
Situation Overview
Kenya Red Cross(KRC), Government of Kenya(GoK), Office of the President/Special Programmes, and WFP are coordinating the single-food-pipeline and food assistance activities in Kenya, building [...]

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: [...]