Special Appeal for children displaced by drought

When we launched this project, areas like Turkana and Baringo were in the throes of one the worst droughts in memory.  In the years since, rainfall was more reliable and people started to get back on their feet.  The influx of families to Kitale gradually lessened and this gave us more time to help settle those who had been displaced, enter them in schools, vocational training and other sustainable income generating schemes to enable them to either settle around this area or to return with new skills to their former homes.  

Covid caused delays in a lot of our plans and schools and training programmes had to be put on hold but courses have resumed and those families we have been working with are all well underway with regard to training and new businesses.

Unfortunately, we have started receiving worrying reports of drought in the Turkana region north of Kitale and it is likely that, unless there is a rapid improvement in the situation, that we will shortly find ourselves having to repeat the exercise we did a few years ago consisting of emergency rescue and rehabilitation of youths and families who chose to flee their desert homes.  We hope this drought will not be as devastating as the previous one and we sincerely hope that we can reach out to those in need as we did before.

Covid seems very far away for those living in remote regions such as Turkana who have little contact with the major towns and cities.  However, weather patterns and their effect on their lives bring terrible hardships of far more immediate concern to us all.  Please help us to get our emergency preparations underway to work with partner organisations in delivering urgent aid while also welcoming those who are displaced.  Thank you.