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WFP Kenya Country Brief, November 2024

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November in Numbers

1.2 million people assisted

2,894 MT of food commodities distributed

USD 3.4 million cash transfers made

USD 131 million net funding requirements across all activities for the next six months (December 2024-May 2025)

Food Security Situation

• An estimated 1 million Kenyans, primarily in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), face acute food insecurity, as projected in the long rains assessment. The delayed onset and below-normal rainfall during the October-December short rain season will worsen the situation, with Garissa, Tana River, Kwale, and Kilifi counties classified under drought alert already. While some highproduction areas are receiving near-normal rainfall, the overall impact of the poor rainfall season on food security remains significant. It is projected that with the below-average rainfall in the short rain season, the number of people requiring food assistance will increase to 1.8 million by the first quarter of 2025.

Operational Updates: Refugee Operations

• WFP, UNHCR, and other stakeholders, led by the Department of Refugee Affairs, developed a differentiated assistance framework to tailor support to the specific needs of refugee households. This approach categorizes households based on vulnerability and capacity, ensuring that humanitarian and livelihood assistance is targeted effectively. To implement this framework, a household identification methodology is being finalized hand-in-hand with a transition framework to guide household identification and the movement of households from one category to the next, gradually out of high dependency on humanitarian assistance towards selfreliance and resilience.

• Costed humanitarian and livelihood assistance packages were developed and aligned with the defined household categories. Additionally, cross-cutting aspects, such as recourse mechanisms, communication, risk management, and monitoring and evaluation, are being incorporated into the framework. These preparatory activities will facilitate the successful rollout of the assistance approach in 2025, promoting long-term sustainability and self-reliance among refugees.

• In November, WFP provided support to 673,500 refugees and asylum seekers (330,200 women) with in-kind food assistance and cash transfers. Additionally, through the relief and emergency response activities, WFP is providing food assistance through cash transfers to 165,000 Kenyans (47 percent women and girls) in seven ASALs.