Horn of Africa
Somalia
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Statistics:
Capital: Mogadishu
Population: 8 million
Life Expectancy: 47
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Capital: Mogadishu Population: 8 million
Somalia is in the midst of a brutal war which has claimed many thousands of lives. The Somali people continue to suffer unimaginable threats to their security, with little hope of any short-term improvement.
Three year grant for agriculture programme
18 February 2010On the 10 February the EU Delegation in Tanzania signed a multi-country grant contract with Concern Worldwide. The contract is designed to increase the options for rural communities for making a living with the engagement of government and the private sector.
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.
A consortium of hope
In 1997, I lived in a tent in the village of Nyamlell in Southern Sudan. It was a former British garrison town and our “compound” was based around the only concrete structure for miles. It could have been quite idyllic, if circumstances were different.
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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.
Concern responds to mounting Ethiopian crisis
23 October 2009The Ethiopian government yesterday appealed for more than $121 million to feed 6.2 million people at risk of hunger.
Kenya’s “lush land dries up”
There are some harrowing reports coming from Kenya about its worsening drought.
“Climate change is here”
Posted by Louise Finan in Concern Blog | 7 September 2009 |
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Journalist John Vidal recently visited Moyale, Kenya, with Concern to see how the prolonged drought has been affecting the communities there.
