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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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Gabadu Roba with her 10 month old daughter Halima. Photo: Sarah Elliott, Moyale

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 | 0 comments

Concern is providing emergency food vouchers and cash aid to some of Kenya’s poorest people.

Kenya on the brink: video

Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 19 November 2009 | 1 comment

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

Posted by Caroline Hickson in Concern Blog | 3 November 2009 | 1 comment
Airfield Farm, Dublin, farm manager Eamon and Kenny

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.

Kenya’s drought: media coverage

Posted by Louise Finan in Concern Blog | 27 October 2009 | 4 comments
Herdsman raising goats instead of cattle in Kenya. Photo: Voice of America

Many parts of Kenya have now been without rain for three years.

Climate change and hunger

Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 14 October 2009 | 0 comments
Fatima with two of her children, Kenya. Photo: John Vidal

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

Posted by Louise Finan in Concern Blog | 5 October 2009 | 2 comments
No rainfall for three years has left the Kenyan landscape strewn. Daniel Howden

Daniel Howden from the Independent recently visited Marsabit in northern Kenya with Concern.

Kenya’s “lush land dries up”

Posted by Niall O Murchu in Concern Blog | 24 September 2009 | 1 comment
Woman given water in the Turkana. Courtesy of Jehad Nga for The New York Times

There are some harrowing reports coming from Kenya about its worsening drought.

A typical day for Gloria

Posted by Niall O Murchu in Concern Blog | 1 September 2009 | 7 comments
Gloria, Aggrey Amwanda and Musungu stand outside their hut in Mathare

Update: Gloria is now doing well thanks to your donations.  Read a full update on concernfast.org.

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