All stories related to Kenya
Feeding children’s imaginations, keeping them in class
Apr 18, 2012
Attendance to Emukatan primary School in Kenya improved last year when ACT member, the Anglican Church of Kenya, started trucking in essential food: maize, beans, cooking oil and porridge flour
Humanitarian response must strengthen communities for long term, says ACT general secretary
Feb 29, 2012
John Nduna emphasises the importance of building resilience when responding to emergencies
Horn: rain for some, hunger for most
Nov 04, 2011
Parched land is becoming arable for some people in the Horn of Africa but many others still wait with hope
Kenya: digging for water in the midst of drought
Sep 24, 2011
Kenyans are fighting back the worst drought in 60 years
Kenya: the drought is stifling dreams
Sep 24, 2011
In Kibanui, eastern Kenya, ACT member Anglican Church of Kenya is digging deep to protect the region from drought
Al Jazeera photographs Dadaab
Sep 22, 2011
Al Jazeera photographer Azad Essa goes in search of the other side of famine in Dadaab
The safe haven in Dadaab
Sep 22, 2011
Safe from sexual violence at a refuge in Dadaab, women fleeing desperate situations can re-build
Surviving the drought, and preparing for the next one
Sep 22, 2011
Kenyans are digging boreholes, building catchment tanks and excavating dams in a bid to keep drought at bay
Dadaab: faiths come together for huge Eid party
Sep 01, 2011
Over 200,000 Somali refugees have celebrated Eid Al-Fitr in Kenya for the first time
Countering the change: African youth taking on climate change
Aug 18, 2011
Africa's youth are fighting climate change, with the launch of a pan-African climate change campaign
ABC News reports from Dadaab camp
Aug 18, 2011
ABC News today reports from Dadaab refugee camp, managed by ACT member the Lutheran World Federation. See the report, aired on Australian television, here
Volunteers keep the peace in Dadaab camps
Aug 12, 2011
ACT is training volunteers in the Dadaab refugee camps to keep new sites safe for the refugees escaping drought and insecurity at home
Dadaab: life in a refugee city
Aug 10, 2011
Snapshots by photographer Paul Jeffrey of life in the world’s largest refugee settlement
Dadaab: “It’s what makes you get up at 5am”
Jul 29, 2011
The relentness trail of new arrivals and the job of running a camp the size of a small city are what get Dadaab staff up before the sun.
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ACT in Kenya
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
Organisations with HQ in Kenya
- All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)
- Anglican Church of Kenya
- National Council of Churches of Kenya
International organisations in Kenya
- Anglicord
- Christian Aid
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- ECLOF International
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- Lutheran World Federation, The
- Lutheran World Relief
- Norwegian Church Aid
Organisations funding work in Kenya
- Act for Peace
- Australian Lutheran World Service
- Bread for the World
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- DanChurchAid
- Diakonie, Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- ICCO
- Icelandic Church Aid
- Kerk In Actie
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
- Presbyterian World Service & Development
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The
- United Church of Canada
About Kenya
- Population: 39.8 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Nairobi
- Area: 582,646 sq km (224,961 sq miles)
- Major languages: Swahili, English
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 54 years (men), 55 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Kenya shilling = 100 cents
- Main exports: Tea, coffee, horticultural products, petroleum products
- GNI per capita: US $770 (World Bank, 2008)