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Kenya
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<p><strong>Capital:</strong> Nairobi<br /><strong>Population: </strong>35.6 million <br /><strong>Life expectancy: </strong>52.1 years <br /><strong>Literacy rate: </strong>73.6%<br />Concern started work in 2002</p>
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Capital: Nairobi Population: 35.6 million Concern started work in 2002
Kenya is been suffering one of its most serious food crises, with almost 10 million people at risk of starvation.
Key Facts
Capital:
Nairobi
Population: 35.6 million
Life expectancy: 52.1 years
Literacy rate: 73.6%
Concern started work in 2002
Halima’s story
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In November 2009, we launched a Christmas appeal to help some of the poorest families in rural Kenya by providing them with life-saving food parcels.
Food and cash aid in Kenya: photos
Posted by Louise Finan in Concern Blog | 15 December 2009 |
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Concern is providing emergency food vouchers and cash aid to some of Kenya’s poorest people.
Kenya on the brink: video
In the Kajiado district in southern Kenya, the rains have not come for the fourth year in a row. Drought, rising food prices and climate change are combining to threaten the lives of the Maasai herders who call Kajiado home. This video tells their story.
At the Coalface of Climate Change
Recently I was privileged to spend a few days in the company of a remarkable man. I first met Kenny Matampash in Kenya in May. A member of the pastoralist Maasai people, he runs a local NGO – Neighbours Initiative Alliance – that provides support to his fellow Maasai.
Climate change and hunger
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 14 October 2009 |
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Today, as part of Blog Action Day, thousands of people are blogging about climate change. For Concern Worldwide’s entry, I’ve decided to write about how climate change is affecting world hunger.
Disaster looms in east Africa
Daniel Howden from the Independent recently visited Marsabit in northern Kenya with Concern.
Kenya’s “lush land dries up”
There are some harrowing reports coming from Kenya about its worsening drought.
A typical day for Gloria
Update: Gloria is now doing well thanks to your donations. Read a full update on concernfast.org.
