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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.
ACT's emergency response in Somalia and Kenya: a snapshot
Jul 26, 2011
ACT at work: video about some of the practical steps being taken by ACT Alliance to respond to drought in Kenya and Somalia
Africa drought: Dadaab extension a safe haven for Somalis
Jul 25, 2011
Workers rush to survey land, clear bush and plot boundaries at the Dadaab camp extension, considered a secure environment for refugees.
Dadaab: praise for expansion of Kenyan camp
Jul 21, 2011
New section of the overcrowded Dadaab in north Kenya refugee camp is welcomed by ACT Alliance.
Kenya and Somalia: a tale of two droughts
Jul 20, 2011
Nick Guttmann blogs from Kenya, where government support helps the international relief effort - unlike the situation in enighbouring Somalia
Africa drought: pressure on Dadaab extends for miles
Jul 13, 2011
Enormous stress on Dadaab refugee camp is going way beyond the camp perimetre
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ACT in Kenya
Organisations with HQ in Kenya
- All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)
- Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK)
- National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK)
International organisations in Kenya
- Christian Aid (CA)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- ECLOF International
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
- diakonia, Sweden
Organisations funding work in Kenya
- Act for Peace
- Anglican Board of Mission-Australia (ABM)
- Anglican Overseas Aid-Australia
- Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR)
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- Diakonie Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Icelandic Church Aid (ICA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
- Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D)
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The (PWRDF)
- United Church of Canada (UCC)
About Kenya
- Population: 41.6 million (World bank, 2011)
- 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)