Emergencies in East Africa Archives - Page 2 of 3

Changing lives in Ethiopia

18/06/2013 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies in East Africa, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food by Caritas Communications

In Ethiopia, failure of successive rainy seasons brought about massive crop failure, the death of livestock and critical food and water shortages affecting 4.5 million people in eastern, southern and northern parts of the country. Caritas launched an appeal for €1.4 million to help some 65,000 people with food, water and the recovery of livelihoods.

For Somali refugees, handwashing lessons from a surprising teacher

17/08/2012 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Somalia by Caritas Communications

In a refugee camp in northern Kenya, someone is teaching people how to wash their hands properly. The demonstrator lathers the soap, pours water, and rubs her hands together in a circular motion.

East Africa after the Food Crisis

15/12/2011 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Somalia by Caritas Communications

Your support helped over one million people in East Africa overcome their worst drought in 60 years. You made it possible for Caritas to distribute emergency food, create water projects, and give out seeds so farmers can rebuild. In November 2011, Caritas Communications Officer Laura Sheahen visited Kenya to see the community response in action. ...

Kenya: When drought pits neighbour against neighbour

15/12/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Kenya, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

As the drought worsened in summer 2011, Caritas distributed emergency food and water in many areas of Kenya, Ethiopia, and neighbouring countries. Caritas also developed water projects that brought together people from previously warring tribes.

Kenyan students back to school after East Africa drought

15/12/2011 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Kenya by Caritas Communications

By Laura Sheahen Alice had always been first in her class as a child, but now she kept getting kicked out of secondary school. “Every time people were sent home for lack of school fees, my name was on the list,” she says. “I was ashamed.” Education in Kenya is technically free, but in poor ...

Seeds of hope after drought in East Africa

15/12/2011 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Kenya by Caritas Communications

By Laura Sheahen “When you’re hungry, if you have seeds, you start cooking.” Kotola Susana grins ruefully as he describes the situation of many of his fellow Kenyan farmers. After years of poor rains culminated in a devastating drought in East Africa, farmers ran out of options. In southern Kenya, where they raise corn, sorghum ...

‘You heard our cries’: hunger in East Africa

15/12/2011 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Kenya by Caritas Communications

Whenever there’s a way to farm, Caritas helps people help themselves. Irrigation projects Caritas developed in the 1990s and early 2000s saved many people during the 2011 drought. But with no rain, many herdsmen and farmers simply couldn’t produce food. So Caritas started trucking in drinking water and food, driving lorries over near-impassable dirt roads in villages the government can’t always reach.

In drought-stricken Horn of Africa, Caritas brings water to the thirsty

15/12/2011 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Kenya by Caritas Communications

In southern Kenya, wide riverbeds turned sandy and brown. Women used gourd shells to dig further and further down in the riverbeds, hoping to capture a few scoops of water.

Q and A Horn of Africa

6/10/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Somalia by Caritas Communications

What is the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa? In Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, and nearby areas, a severe drought has led to massive numbers of people going hungry. Famine has been declared in several districts of Somalia. Because goats and cattle are dying of thirst and starvation, people who herd livestock are losing their ...

Rain only part of the solution for East Africa drought

12/08/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Food by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis humanitarian director Alistair Dutton explains why Caritas has a big focus on harvesting and storing water in drought-hit East Africa. The simple answer to a drought should be for it to rain lots. The crops would grow, the animals would get fed and people would know where their next meal and drink would ...