Archive for April 30th, 2008

Kenya IDPs: Rosemary Kuria: “These children belong here, where else can I take them?”

Posted on 30 April 2008. Filed under: Governance, Humanitarian, Insecurity, Refugees/ IDPs |

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 [...]

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Kenya IDPs: Camp Conditions Harsh for HIV-positive People

Posted on 30 April 2008. Filed under: Governance, Insecurity, Public Health, Refugees/ IDPs |

Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

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 [...]

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