Appeal

Kenya and Somalia

Response to floods in Kenya and Somalia - AFKE71

Appeal Target: US$ 2,544,302

Geneva, 22 December 2006

Following the alert from ACT members in Kenya, we are issuing an appeal to respond to the floods in Kenya and Somalia. This appeal which is based on the field assessment in the affected areas by ACT members Norwegian Church Aid and Christian Aid, aims to address the critical emergency and post-emergency rehabilitation needs of the flood affected communities in Somalia and Kenya.

In the case of Kenya, the appeal includes assistance to the Somali refugees that have crossed the border into Kenya in search of peace in the Daddab region. Unfortunately, Somalia is engulfed in a political turmoil and is creating refugee outflows to mainly Kenya. The ACT members in Kenya therefore feel strongly the need to provide assistance to the refugees whose number is increasing by the day.

The first section of this appeal is for Somalia; to respond to the current flooding that affected the communities in Gedo region, which has been Norwegian Church Aid's (NCA) focus area for the past 13 years. The other sections are to respond in Kenya by the NCA, Christian Aid, Lutheran World Federation, Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) and Church World Service (CWS).

The NCA-Kenya appeal is to respond to the flooding and the effects of the conflict and political tension in Somalia which has caused the outflow of refugees. The planned interventions will thus benefit the Somali refugees and their host communities in the Dadaab area, Kenya. In Elwak, Mandera district, NCA and its partner the Rural Agency for Community Integrated Development and Assistance (RACIDA) plan to provide basic non-food items to those severely affected by the floods.

Christian Aid and its partner Northern Aid propose to assist the flood affected communities in Mandera by supplying the necessary non-food items and by cleaning contaminated surface water sources and eliminating vector breeding areas. LWF intends to implement emergency activities related to access to potable water and curbing the further spread of animal diseases in the Turkana district. ACK plans to respond in Western, Pwani and Nyanza regions by providing non-food items and psychosocial support while CWS and its three local partners - National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya (ELCK) are planning to intervene in Tana River, Nyanza and Kwale Districts respectively through the provision of relief food and non-food items including farm inputs, basic school facilities and capacity building workshops.

Name of ACT members/partners:

 Christian Aid

 Norwegian Church Aid

 LWF

 ACK

 CWS

Project Completion Dates:

Somalia: NCA - 30 Sept. 2007

Kenya:

NCA - 31 Dec. 2007

CA - 30 March 2007

NCA/Racida - 31 Dec. 2007

ACK - 30 June 2007

LWF - 31 August 2007

CWS/NCCK - 30 June 2007

CWS/ELCK - 30 June 2007

CWS/KELC - 31 May 2007

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FOR THE FULL TEXT OF THE APPEAL (PDF FILE), KINDLY VISIT THE ACT SITE. THANK YOU. _________________________________________________________________________________

Please kindly send your contributions to either of the following ACT bank accounts:

US dollar

Account Number - 240-432629.60A

IBAN No: CH46 0024 0240 4326 2960A

Euro

Euro Bank Account Number - 240-432629.50Z

IBAN No: CH84 0024 0240 4326 2950Z

Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together

UBS AG

8, rue du Rhône

P.O. Box 2600

1211 Geneva 4, SWITZERLAND

Swift address: UBSW CHZH12A

Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira (direct tel. +4122/791.60.38, e-mail address jkg@act-intl.org) and the Programme Officer Michael Hyden (mhy@act-intl.org) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers, now that the Pledge Form is no longer attached to the Appeal.

We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind co-operation.

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ACT is a global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland.

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