By Sarah Ndonye - ASAL Humanitarian Network The world is facing unique challenges that affect the productivity and sustainability of the economic and social systems. One of the current pressing global issue, among others, is to guarantee food security and build resilience for a growing population while ensuring sustainable progress and development that is inclusive. However, Climate change and global warming have posed a challenge to achieving food security and sustainable development and this has been further exacerbated by conflicts, rising food prices and other activities that damage ecosystem services that many communities depend on for their economic and social progression. The economic and social impacts of climate change coupled with other regional and global dynamics have compromised the quality of livelihoods and coping ability among the ASAL populations further amplifying their ability to cope. Kenya, and in particular the ASAL areas are equally prone to natural disasters like droughts,…

In the heart of Nairobi Kenya, AHN Women Rights Organisations actively participated in the sclr co-design workshop. Participants of this training were drawn from the local WROs in the network representing Tana river, Garissa, Marsabit, Samburu, West pokot and Isiolo counties. The four day workshop was funded by Center for Disaster Philanthropy - (CDP), one of the latest AHN partners. The Survivor and Community-led crisis response (sclr) approach places the crisis-affected communities at the center of the response and gives them the authority and resources to take charge of their own response. The primary goal of the SCLR is to strengthen the initiatives of crisis-affected communities to help each other (Mutual aid), survive the crisis with dignity and promote communal wellbeing by addressing the root causes of vulnerability. The workshop’s objective was to enhance the capacity of these organisations to collectively design and implement community-led responses that focus on empowering…

The ASAL Humanitarian Network in close partnership with Oxfam in Kenya participated in a media roundtable during the Africa Climate Summit held in Nairobi Kenya in September 2023. Ahmed Ibrahim, Convener of the network participated as a panelist during this media event. The primary focus of this discussion revolved around the far-reaching impact of the climate induced hunger crisis in Africa and the urgent need for increased national and global investment in climate action particularly within the Africa context. ASAL Kenya bears the greatest burden of the climate crisis and the members of the ASAL Humanitarian Networks are committed to taking a central role to influence climate action at the local and national levels. During the event, the AHN highlighted the following key points: 1) The number of people affected by the climate crisis in ASAL Kenya in ASAL Kenya has doubled leading to a disruption in their coping mechanisms…