Response to Floods in Kenya & Somalia

Following the alert from ACT members in Kenya, we are issuing an appeal to respond to the floods in Kenya and Somalia. This appeal which is based on the field assessment in the affected areas by ACT members Norwegian Church Aid and Christian Aid, aims to address the critical emergency and post-emergency rehabilitation needs of the flood affected communities in Somalia and Kenya.

In the case of Kenya, the appeal includes assistance to the Somali refugees that have crossed the border into Kenya in search of peace in the Daddab region. Unfortunately, Somalia is engulfed in a political turmoil and is creating refugee outflows to mainly Kenya. The ACT members in Kenya therefore feel strongly the need to provide assistance to the refugees whose number is increasing by the day.

The first section of this appeal is for Somalia; to respond to the current flooding that affected the communities in Gedo region, which has been Norwegian Church Aid’s (NCA) focus area for the past 13 years. The other sections are to respond in Kenya by the NCA, Christian Aid, Lutheran World Federation, Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) and Church World Service (CWS).

The NCA-Kenya appeal is to respond to the flooding and the effects of the conflict and political tension in Somalia which has caused the outflow of refugees. The planned interventions will thus benefit the Somali refugees and their host communities in the Dadaab area, Kenya. In Elwak, Mandera district, NCA and its partner the Rural Agency for Community Integrated Development and Assistance (RACIDA) plan to provide basic non- food items to those severely affected by the floods.

Christian Aid and its partner Northern Aid propose to assist the flood affected communities in Mandera by supplying the necessary non-food items and by cleaning contaminated surface water sources and eliminating vector breeding areas. LWF intends to implement emergency activities related to access to potable water and curbing the further spread of animal diseases in the Turkana district. ACK plans to respond in Western, Pwani and Nyanza regions by providing non-food items and psychosocial support while CWS and its three local partners - National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya (ELCK) are planning to intervene in Tana River, Nyanza and Kwale Districts respectively through the provision of relief food and non-food items including farm inputs, basic school facilities and capacity building workshops.

Name of ACT members/partners:

• Christian Aid
• Norwegian Church Aid
• LWF
• ACK
• CWS

Project Completion Dates:

Somalia: NCA - 30 Sept. 2007

Kenya:
NCA - 31 Dec. 2007
CA - 30 March 2007
NCA/Racida - 31 Dec. 2007
ACK - 30 June 2007
LWF - 31 August 2007
CWS/NCCK - 30 June 2007
CWS/ELCK - 30 June 2007
CWS/KELC - 31 May 2007

Reporting Schedule:

Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested:

Signed by:

Jessie Kgoroeadira
Acting Director, ACT Co-ordinating Office