Contribution to IFRC Kenya Drought Emergency Appeal



Contract partner: IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Genf Country: Kenia Funding amount: € 800.000,00 Project start: 15.09.2009 End: 30.04.2011

Short Description:

Overall goal


Out of the total grant of Euro 800,000, approx. 35% (Euro 290,000) are being provided by the

Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW) and approx. 65% (Euro 510.000) by the Austrian Development Agency.


This initiative constitutes a contribution to the IFRC "Kenya Drought Emergency Appeal" launched in September 2009 to assist communities in Kenya affected by the current extreme drought caused by successive failure of rains.


The cumulative effects of three consecutive failed rain seasons and the effects of the 2008 post election violence in the agriculturally productive Rift Valley have crippled food production. According to the Kenyan Government, there is a 40 percent shortfall in national grain harvest in 2009.


The IFRC with its partner the Kenya Red Cross Society focuses on providing assistance and relief in the following sectors:

- food aid

- emergency health and care

- water, sanitation and hygiene promotion and

- livelihoods.


The assistance targets approx. 1,7 mio people who will be supported over a period of six months, i.e. from September 2009 to March 2010.

project number 2451-00/2009
source of funding OEZA
sector Humanitäre Hilfe: Sofortmaßnahmen
tied
modality
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    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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