In 2016, the Grand Bargain gave momentum to a joint NGO effort to advance our global commitments on cash-based humanitarian assistance. The outcome of that effort was the creation of the...
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Yesterday’s annual meeting of the Grand Bargain (GB) – a facilitation group made up of global humanitarian leaders – saw the presentation of a letter of intent endorsed by the leaders of the...
JUNE 18 – Failing and intermittent rains are wreaking havoc in Somalia and Somaliland, but we are increasingly asking, is anyone listening? 2.2 million people are facing extreme hunger and 5.4...
Background The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) workstream is a subgroup of the Somalia Cash Working Group (CWG) which is composed of partner agencies’ mainly M&E experts or programme technical staff...
Background Cash Based Assistance (CBA) has been used by humanitarian organisations in Somalia to assist people in need since 2003. After several years of poor rainfall, the humanitarian community...
Background Afmadow town which is located 157 km from Dhobley and 120km from Kismayo sea port city has been experiencing manmade and natural disasters including drought, water problems, water borne...
As a key contribution to the WHS in promoting the localization of humanitarian aid, a Charter for Change (C4C) has been drafted by CAFOD, for sign-on by 1 October. The 8-point C4C calls on...
by Saadia Maalim Sixteen year old Eunice Loilo is one of the girls in Koya Non Formal Education Centre (NFEC). She was born in a family of four and lives in Koya; Laisamis Location, Marsabit County...
Adeso, with a group of Southern NGOs (SNGOs), is leading a movement to develop a Global Network for Southern national and local organizations working with communities to find durable solutions to...
Kenya has made significant strides in improving its education system in recent years. Since primary education was made free and compulsory in 2003, primary school enrolment rates have increased...
Published June 22, 2015 – by Gullet Bille Mohammed Mrs Sahra Abdullahi Olow lives in Fanole village of Afmadow town, in Somalia. She is a mother and household head to a family of eight and also is a...
In 2011, the residents of Wajir South’s Kulaley Division in Kenya, experienced a long and devastating drought that claimed thousands of lives and most of their livestock. To date, food insecurity...
A global network for SNGOs would help strengthen and focus capacity-building efforts, enable mutual learning, advance advocacy, and help channel more funds to southern actors, say proponents.
Published June 4, 2015 – by Frederick Juma In the arid lands of northern Kenya, the migration of herders with their livestock in search of pasture often implies the onset of tough times for those who...
The project is supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) under the USAID funded Resilience for Economic Growth in Arid Lands- Improved Resilience (REGAL-IR) program. Prior to the...
Report Calls for Local Actors to have Greater Say in Humanitarian Efforts A Global Network of Southern NGOs finds Widespread Support, reveals Report Nairobi, May 28, 2015 – A new report just launched...
Members of the environmental club at Nomadic Girls Boarding Primary School in Kalacha, Marsabit Count in Kenya, were excited when their new vegetable garden produced its first harvest of kale and...
Residents of Kaputir Ward, Turkana County, never imagined that conflict between the Turkana and Pokot communities in Northern Kenya would escalate to the heights witnessed in recent years. Conflict...
Boru Kasa a 33 years old farmer in Dakabarisha location, in Marsabit County, has learned the value of using maize stalks and cobs to produce fodder as a source of animal feed. In addition to using it...
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Nairobi, April 10th, 2015 – On April 7th, 2015 the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) revoked the licenses of 13 Money Remittance Providers (MRPs) based in Nairobi, in an effort to curb the financing of...
