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Emergency

The worst flooding in Kenya in 100 years.

SITUATION REPORT

Kenya Flood Crisis

  • 38 of the 47 counties in Kenya have been hit by flooding, flash floods and mudslides  
  • Nearly 200 people have died in the floods  
  • Over half a million people have been displaced, and of those displaced, 261,847 are children 
  • Over 4,703 children have been identified with severe acute malnutrition  

Emergency response done in a traditional manner only reaches a very small number of people with disability. The unique needs of children with disability are most often missed, especially for the youngest of children and infants.

Jill Bartley, Chief Operations Officer 

Left Behind

Kids with disabilities are passed over in the panic for resources. They aren’t able to stand in long food lines or flee the crisis in their wheelchairs or on crutches. If children and families with disabilities aren’t prioritized, they don’t get the care they desperately need. Most of these families face poverty that is deeper and more crushing than their neighbours. Emergencies like this too often take away their last hope for survival. 

Save Lives Save Kenya

Our Action Plan

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Food Distribution

  • Rice, maize, wheat flour, cooking oil and green grammes (mung beans)
  • Supplies to last a family for 1 month
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Funding Support

Providing cash support for the following:  

  • Medicines
  • Livestock
  • School Fees 
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Medical Care

  • Medical assessments and surgical referrals through mobile outreach clinics 
  • Assistive device assessment and provision 
  • Trauma-counselling for children to process loss and devastation 
Save Lives Save Kenya
  • $43 to give one person food supplies for 1 month
  • $114 to fund medicines, school fees and replace livestock for a family
  • $293 to provide medical assessments, assistive devices and post-trauma counselling for a child