Contrivance of Kenya’s Anticipatory Action Strategy
Following the successful launch of the anticipatory action roadmap, the operationalization of Kenya’s Anticipatory Action (AA) Strategy is well underway, marked by the appointment of pillar leads and the assignment of responsibilities across all pillars. This strategy aims to foster proactive disaster management, ensuring timely actions are taken to mitigate the impacts of forecasted hazards. […]
Strengthening Early Warning and Early Action: FINKERAT Project Team Engages KMD
Imagine a world where communities are always a step ahead of natural disasters. This vision is becoming a reality as the FINKERAT project team recently met with the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) to push forward the co-development of Early Warning, Early Action (EWEA) tools for flood preparedness in Turkana County. Hosted at KMD headquarters, this […]
Strengthening Impact-Based Forecasting for Disaster Preparedness
Insights from the Garissa National Climate Outlook Forum The National Climate Outlook Forum (NCOF) User Interface Platforms (UIPs) serve as crucial forums for enhancing access, use, and application of seasonal forecasts through Impact-Based Forecasting (IbF). These platforms facilitate dialogue between climate information producers and users, improving co-production processes, defining stakeholder roles, and reinforcing institutional coordination. […]
Innovation in the Face of Adversity: A report from the skies
By Priyanka Patel, Innovation Manager, ICHA – Kenya Red Cross Society, Anthony Muchiri Muturi – Emergency Resp. Manager at KRCS, Swabira Abdulrazak – Innovations – Drone Lead at KRCS, Boneya Hindada – GIS Officer at KRCS, Ronald Mwawaka – Comms Officer at ICHA and Safia Verjee – Executive Director at ICHA | Jul 30, 2024 | Innovation Stories Floods in Kenya have impacted 43 counties, prompting […]
Responding to drought in Marsabit through cash transfer
Kenya is currently going through a drought situation in some parts of the country, that has seen an estimated 1.3 million Kenyans acutely food insecure and in need of assistance. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) with support from partners is implementing a cocktail of intervention to reduce the effects of drought on both the […]
Use of earth observation products to enhance humanitarian disaster response – A Case Study of KRCS Response to West Pokot Mudslides in 2019
Kenya is mostly affected by mudslides and floods during two rainfall seasons, namely March-April-May (MAM) and October-November-December (OND). These landslides, floods and mudslides more often than not lead to loss of human lives, destruction of houses, displacement of people, livestock deaths, loss of livelihoods among other impacts. This paper highlights the use of earth observation […]
Testing Effectiveness of Forecast Based Financing as Compared to Traditional Emergency Response: A Case Study of West Pokot County -Kenya
Extreme weather events such as floods and droughts annually affect thousands of people in Kenya disproportionally affecting the poor, elderly, disabled, women and children. Currently, natural disaster response is frequently reactive rather than proactive resulting in increased suffering among the most vulnerable, high response costs and duplication of efforts among humanitarian actors. Forecast based financing […]