Somalia

Somalia is experiencing a prolonged and complex crisis characterised by conflict, displacement, drought and disease.
We work to improve the country’s healthcare system and provide life-saving nutrition programmes.
Communities living in drier regions face immense challenges, including drought, hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
Extreme weather caused by climate change and food shortages have also made the public health situation in Kenya worse, putting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people at risk.
More than 50 million people live in Kenya.
Kenya is 147th out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index.
More than a quarter of Kenyan children under five suffer from malnutrition.
Our teams in Kenya work to address the underlying causes of malnutrition, including poor care and nutrition for children under five.
Our programmes include:
Communities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda are fighting to save their crops from locusts devouring entire fields.
We reached 2 million people through our programmes in 2019.
We have 43 staff based in in West Pokot, Isiolo, Mandera and Samburu.
We started working in Kenya in 2006.
Somalia is experiencing a prolonged and complex crisis characterised by conflict, displacement, drought and disease.
In recent decades peace and stability has enabled economic growth, but despite progress malnutrition is still common.
Home to over a million refugees from neighbouring countries, Uganda continues to struggle with slow economic growth.