ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN)

Peer Learning Meeting in Nairobi Reinforces Local Leadership Across Regions

Localisation and Network Leadership AHN Co-Convenes Global Localisation Networks to Advance System Change Thirty-seven representatives of national and local networks from sixteen countries across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia convened in Nairobi from 8–11 September 2025 for a four-day Peer Learning Meeting of Localisation Networks. Co-convened by the ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN), […]

National Civil Society Networks Engage in Public Consultations on the Draft PBO Regulations, 2025

Localisation and Network Leadership CSO Networks Strengthen Voice in Shaping Kenya’s Public Benefit Organizations On 22nd July 2025, national-level civil society organization (CSO) networks, including the ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN), convened in Nairobi, for a public consultation on the Draft Public Benefit Organizations (PBO) Regulations, 2025, organized by the Public Benefit Organizations Regulatory Authority (PBORA). […]

Mtandao wa Wahisani Wahimiza Serikali Kutatua Hali ya Ukame Nchini

Wito watolewa kwa Serikali Kuu na za Kaunti kushirikiana na jamii katika kaunti 23 zilizoathirika na ukame ili kudhibiti athari kwa wanawake, watoto na mifugo. ASAL Humanitarian Network yatoa tahadhari dhidi ya mzozo unaoendelea wa ukame unaowaathiri watu milioni 2.5 na kutishia usalama wa chakula na ustawi wa jamii. Samburu, Kenya – Serikali imetakiwa kuchukua […]

Community-Led Transformation: Empowering People to Drive Change and Build Resilience

In the face of growing global challenges, ASAL communities are leading local solutions that strengthen resilience and sustain livelihoods. From drought to floods, ASAL communities are not just surviving crises—they are organizing, responding, and rebuilding through grassroots systems that reflect local knowledge and solidarity. The Global Challenge and Local Reality The world is grappling with […]

Humanitarian Crisis Deepens: AHN Urges Urgent, Collective Action as ASAL Floods Escalate

Torrential rains continue to wreak havoc across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands, with devastating impacts on food security, infrastructure, and vulnerable populations. As flooding intensifies in northern and coastal ASAL counties, AHN and its members mobilize to support affected communities while calling for stronger coordination, rapid humanitarian assistance, and resilient recovery solutions. Overview Kenya is […]

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 […]

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 […]