Humanitarian Reset: A Call for Transformative Change
GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR A HUMANITARIAN RESET TO SHIFT POWER, RESOURCES, AND DECISION-MAKING TO LOCAL ACTORS The joint statement outlines a bold agenda to decentralise coordination, democratise data, transform pooled funds, and strengthen community-led accountability. In April 2025, civil society networks from the Global South and North issued a joint statement in response to […]
Joint Civil Society Statement – Humanitarian Reset and the Call for Transformative Change
GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS CALL FOR A HUMANITARIAN RESET THAT SHIFTS POWER, RESOURCES, AND DECISION-MAKING TO LOCAL ACTORS Local, national, and international civil society representatives urge bold reform to decentralise coordination, democratise data, transform pooled funds, and strengthen community-led accountability. On 10th April 2025, civil society representatives from the Global South and North released a […]
Baseline Insights Alert-Based Cash Assistance to Disaster-Affected Communities in Garissa and Turkana
BASELINE FINDINGS REVEAL LOW INCOME, LIMITED DIETARY DIVERSITY, AND HIGH VULNERABILITY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN GARISSA AND TURKANA COUNTIES The baseline survey highlights economic and food security challenges facing drought-affected households and underscores the importance of multi-purpose cash assistance to support resilience and recovery. In January 2025, the Kenya Cash Consortium conducted a baseline assessment to […]
Peer Learning Meeting in Nairobi on sclr
Championing Community Leadership Through the SCLR Approach AHN Strengthens Women-Led Community Systems to Accelerate Localisation Across the ASALs Women-led and women’s rights organizations across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands are at the forefront of redefining humanitarian leadership. Through the Supporting and Community-Led Response (sclr) approach, members of the ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN) are championing local […]
Baseline Insights – Locally-Led and Adaptive Alert-Based Cash Assistance to Disaster-Affected Communities in Tana River County
BASELINE FINDINGS REVEAL POOR HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HIGH FOOD EXPENDITURE, AND NEGATIVE COPING STRATEGIES IN FLOOD-AFFECTED AREAS OF TANA RIVER COUNTY The Kenya Cash Consortium’s baseline assessment highlights the urgent need for multi-purpose cash assistance to improve household income, food security, and resilience in flood-affected communities. The Baseline Assessment for Locally-Led and Adaptive Alert-Based Cash Assistance […]
Endline Insights – Alert-Based Cash Assistance to Disaster-Affected Communities in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL)
ENDLINE FINDINGS SHOW IMPROVED HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND FOOD SECURITY ACROSS GARISSA, MANDERA, MARSABIT, AND TANA RIVER COUNTIES ENDLINE FINDINGS SHOW IMPROVED HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND FOOD SECURITY ACROSS GARISSA, MANDERA, MARSABIT, AND TANA RIVER COUNTIES The Alert-Based Cash Assistance to Disaster-Affected Communities in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) project was implemented by the Kenya Cash […]
Endline Insights – Alert-Based Cash Assistance to Disaster-Affected Communities in Dadaab Refugee Camp
ENDLINE FINDINGS SHOW IMPROVED HOUSEHOLD INCOME, FOOD SECURITY, AND SAFETY AMONG REFUGEE COMMUNITIES IN DADAAB CAMP The Kenya Cash Consortium’s locally-led multi-purpose cash transfer programme helped households recover from flooding and drought shocks while enhancing resilience and accountability. The Alert-Based Cash Assistance to Disaster-Affected Communities in Dadaab Refugee Camp project was implemented by the Kenya […]
PRESS RELEASE – Escalating Humanitarian Crisis Amid Rising Floods in the ASAL Region Featured
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nairobi, May 10th 2024 – Kenya is currently experiencing heavy rainfall and subsequent floods and the ASAL region is adversely affected with thousands of households displaced and livelihoods lost. The heavy rainfall has further caused massive destruction of property and critical infrastructure (road, bridges, schools, health centers and sanitation facilities), extensive displacement […]
Joint Statement and Appeal – ASAL Humanitarian Network Calls for Urgent Action Amid Escalating Flooding Crisis
WORSENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AS HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODS DISPLACE THOUSANDS AND DESTROY LIVELIHOODS ACROSS ASAL COUNTIES Local humanitarian actors call on national and county governments to release emergency funds, strengthen coordination, and scale up life-saving assistance to flood-affected communities. The ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN) has issued a joint statement and urgent appeal following severe flooding […]
Humanitarian crisis deepens as flooding escalates in ASAL Kenya: AHN Call for Collective and Urgent Action
Sunday, 26 November 2023 Kenya is once more at the forefront of a climatic crisis. Heavy rainfall due to the El Niño climatic phenomenon as well as the enhanced Indian Ocean Dipole both are combining to make this rainy season wetter than average according to the Kenya Meteorological Department. These wet conditions are predicted to […]