Archive for April, 2008
Kenya IDPs: Rosemary Kuria: “These children belong here, where else can I take them?”
ELDORET, 28 April 2008 (IRIN) – Rosemary Kuria, 40, has managed to remain cheerful and energetic, despite camping with at least 14,000 other internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the showground in Eldoret, in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province. Kuria, a mother of three girls, is optimistic that the country’s leadership will soon find a solution [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Kenya IDPs: Camp Conditions Harsh for HIV-positive People
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IDPs have insufficient food, soap and warm clothing in the camps
NAKURU, 29 April 2008 (PlusNews) – Harsh living conditions and the onset of the cold rainy season in Kenya are making it increasingly difficult for HIV-positive people displaced in the recent post-election violence to stay healthy, according to health workers in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ARV Programmes Slowly Recovering From Kenya Post-election Crisis
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AMPATH has opened a satellite centre in the Nakuru Showground IDP camp where patients can receive ARVs
ELDORET, 28 April 2008 (PlusNews) – Thousands of Kenyans who dropped out of HIV treatment programmes in January as a result of the country’s post-election violence are gradually returning to clinics and the antiretroviral (ARV) [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Henry Mwitirere, Kenya, “I’m displaced but at least I can help other HIV-positive people”
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Mwiterere and his family of seven children now live in a two-roomed house in Nakuru, but are still better off than most IDPs
NAKURU, 28 April 2008 (PlusNews) – Henry Kamau Mwiterere works with the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV (AMPATH) as a facilitator for HIV support groups [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )KENYA: IDPs Remain Cautious as Leaders Preach Peace
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Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced in post-election violence in Kenya
ELDORET, 25 April 2008 (IRIN) – Ndirangu Mwangi, 26, one of 14,000 people camping in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret’s showground, was less than encouraged after Kenya’s political leaders visited the town as part of a “national healing” initiative.
“We [...]
Anti-Malaria Bed Nets: New Push Announced at UN
The United Nations has teamed up with religious, business and sports leaders in a new effort to send insecticide-treated bed nets to Africa to prevent millions of deaths from the disease, ahead of the first-ever World Malaria Day on Friday.“Nothing But Nets” is a grassroots campaign created in 2006 by the UN Foundation to raise [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Inventor of Kenya’s ‘MoneyMaker’ Irrigation Pumps Wins $100,000 Award
The inventor of manual irrigation pumps used by peasant farmers in Africa has won the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability.
Martin Fisher is the co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit KickStart, which develops and markets tools such as the pumps that can help small-scale rural farmers.
Nearly 62,000 people in Kenya, Tanzania and Mali are running profitable [...]
Winners of UNEP Champions of the Earth Awards 2008 Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change
Catalysts for the Global Green Economy Honored at Gala Evening in Singapore
Singapore/Nairobi, 22 April 2008 – Seven leading lights in the battle against global warming who are also catalyzing the transition to a greener and leaner global economy were today acknowledged as the 2008 Champions of the Earth.
The winners, ranging from His Serene Highness Prince [...]
Kenya’s Food Crisis Worsens as Fungi Destroys Rice Harvest
Geneva – Kenya’s food crisis was set to worsen after a fungi wiped out 10 to 20 per cent of its annual rice production, the UN said Friday.
The fungi destroyed 5,600 hectares of rise in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Central Province, known as the rice basket of the country, according to the UN Office [...]
Hunger Crisis Looming in Horn of Africa if Rains Fail this Month
International community must act earlier to address increasing vulnerability.
An estimated 14 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing a food emergency just two years on from the height of the worst drought in decades, CARE International warned today. Without significant rain this month, millions of people, already left devastated and vulnerable by the [...]
Growing More Potatoes to Improve Food Security
Growing more potatoes could help countries like Kenya to improve their food security at a time of high cereal prices, an agricultural expert said.
Potatoes are a more efficient food source than maize or rice, requiring less land and water than the cereals.
About 80 per cent of the potato crop can be used for human consumption, [...]
Kenya IDPs: Reconciliation Key To Returns
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IDPs at Mathare police depot. Reconciliation efforts will have to be stepped up before people start returning home
NAIROBI, 15 April 2008 (IRIN) – Peace-building and reconciliation efforts to alleviate ethnic tension must be stepped up before internally displaced Kenyans are pushed to return to their homes or the risk of further [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )KENYA: When There’s NO Excuse Not to Use a Condom
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Young men and women have adopted the condom as a routine part of their sexual relationships.
NAIROBI, 15 April 2008 (PlusNews) – When the music’s pumping, drinks are flowing and hormones are raging, condoms don’t often spring to mind, until it’s too late. By then, the shops are closed and a packet of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Relief Agencies Appeal for Funds as New Kenyan Coalition Government Named
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IDPs preparing a meal at the Mathare police depot. The new appeal is aimed at helping those affected by post-election violence
NAIROBI, 14 April 2008 (IRIN) – Relief agencies are seeking US$189 million for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and others affected by the post-election violence that rocked Kenya in January and February, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Water Crisis as Dry Conditions Persist in the NEP
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A dead camel near Mandera during the 2006 drought. Ordinarily camels are the most drought-resistant animals.
ISIOLO, 14 April 2008 (IRIN) – Serious shortages of water and pasture for livestock are being experienced in the northern Kenyan districts of Isiolo, Mandera and Wajir as dry conditions continue, local leaders said.
“The situation is [...]
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