Appeal history:
January 2014 the Government of Kenya declared an impending drought with an estimated 1.6 million people affected.
March – May 2014: Poor performance of the long rains leading to increasing food prices and general inflation.
Ongoing: Increasing food prices and general inflation.
June - July 2014: According to SMART survey results from the Nutrition Information Working Group (NIWG) the nutritional status in the target counties has deteriorated as compared to June 2013.
29 August 2014: IFRC launches an Emergency Appeal seeking CHF 8,512,016 to assist 649,175 beneficiaries for 9 months.
24 September 2014: Operations update n°1 is issued and on 30 September 2014 operations update n°2 is issued.
14 May 2015: A 6 months summary update is issued providing accumulative progress on the operation implementation over the first six months of the operation.
This preliminary final report provides an overview of what was achieved during the 9 months, challenges as well as lessons learnt.The final report will be issued as soon as the final financial report is available.