We save lives to preserve future generations
World Vision Kenya’s Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Focus:
- World Vision Kenya works to ensure vulnerable children and families are protected from harm during emergencies and can access humanitarian assistance, in times of conflict and disaster
Our Impact
- We responded to over 485,000 vulnerable community members in recovery efforts and served them through disaster preparedness and response
- 433,230 beneficiaries, among them 126,579 boys and 130,747 girls, were reached through general food distribution and recovery interventions, owing to a dry spell and food insecurity in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs)
- 38,000 pupils benefitted from a five-month, UNICEF-funded ‘Education in Emergencies’ project, whose interventions included distribution of learning materials, in-service teacher training and community based enrollment drives in conflict zones of Baringo, Samburu, Turkana and Isiolo
- 12,000 persons with disability in Kakuma Refugee Camp benefitted from a drilled borehole, assistive devices and water tanks to schools
- Enhanced access to quality education for 432 children from Kabokorit Internaly Displaced Persons community and Kakuma refugee camp, through the construction of three permanent classrooms and procurement of 90 desks
- 1,530 students at Kakuma Refugee Secondary School benefited from a bio-sanitation project, improving the school’s lighting and solid waste management
- In April 2016, a residential building of Huruma’s Soweto Area Programme in Nairobi County, collapsed. A total of 208 households were affected, 140 people rescued, two remained unaccounted for, with 51 deaths recorded. Food items and 120 family kits valued at 1.5 million Kenya Shillings, were provided to the multi-agency rescue operation team and persons affected in the collapse incident. World Vision Kenya, together with other stakeholders responded to the disaster
