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Kenya: Kenya: Floods (MDRKE020) DREF final report

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Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
Country: Kenya

Summary: CHF 300,003 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 12 December 2011, to support the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) in delivering assistance to some 3,500 households (21,000 beneficiaries) affected by floods.

Support included provision of non food items (NFIs), improving access to safe water and undertaking emergency health interventions in flood affected areas. The funds received were also utilized to replenish disaster preparedness stocks as the society had already begun responding to the disaster prior to the launching of the DREF request.

KRCS collaborated with relevant stakeholders such as the Kenya Police Air Wing and the National Disaster Operations Centre (NDOC) throughout the project in order to respond swiftly to the needs of the affected people in different parts of the country. Funds received under this DREF enabled the society to carry out rapid and continuous assessments in the affected regions, distribute NFI kits (including blankets, jerry cans, soap, aqua tabs), undertake health and WatSan interventions (including chlorinating wells and latrines), undertake health training sessions with community members, and provide medical outreaches in target areas. The national society was able to purchase interagency health kits and other medical supplies with the funds received. Emergency shelter (tarpaulins) was provided to flood affected families, as the needs arose during the course of the operation, causing higher than expected expenditures for this. A total number of 20,266 beneficiaries benefited from the DREF operation.

Contributions from the Canada Government and Coca Cola have replenished part of the allocation made for this operation. The major donors to the DREF include the Australian, American and Belgian governments, the Austrian Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross and government, Danish Red Cross and government, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the Irish and the Italian governments, the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Luxembourg government, the Monaco Red Cross and government, the Netherlands Red Cross and government, the Norwegian Red Cross and government, the Spanish Government, the Swedish Red Cross and government, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), the Medtronic and Z Zurich Foundations, and other corporate and private donors. The IFRC, on behalf of the National Society, would like to extend thanks to all for their generous contributions.

Details of DREF contributions can be found on: http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/Active/MAA00010_2012.pdf


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