Integrated Emergency Response for drought affected communities in Kenya

About: Provide lifesaving WASH, nutrition, livelihood and Economic recovery interventions to 33,160 drought-affected people in Kilifi, Tana River and Wajir Counties.

Individuals targeted:  33,160 people

Donor: USAID/OFDA

Duration: 18 months (1st July, 2019 to 1st January, 2021)

Amount allocated: $ 2,800,000

Location:

  • Kenya/Kilifi County/Magarini and Ganze Sub-Counties
  • Kenya/Tana River County/Tana North and Tana Delta Sub-Counties
  • Wajir County/Wajir South Sub-County

Expected Result:

  • Improved access to safe water and hygiene promotion services
  • Improved household food access and reduced malnutrition related morbidity
  • Improved community livelihoods and functionality of market systems
  • Improved coverage and quality of treatment of acutely malnourished children, pregnant and lactating women

Main Activities:

Sector 1: Water access and Hygiene

  • Rehabilitate and upgrade 4 boreholes with solar powered pump (2 in Wajir and 2 in Tana River counties)
  • 2.5km Pipeline extension, construct 1 elevated storage tank (50 m3) and 2 water kiosks with automated pre-paid meters for each of the 4 rehabilitated bore holes in Wajir and Tana River Counties
  • Install centralized water treatment units for the rehabilitated boreholes
  • Undertake surveying, desilting and expansion to 15,000m3 of 3 water pans to in Kilifi
  • Install a solar powered pump at the sump and construct a water kiosk with 10m3 overhead storage tank, with an automated pre-paid meter
  • Train 7 water user committees on financial management and operations and maintenance to effectively manage water supply systems in the three counties
  • Rehabilitate, equip with solar powered pump, protect and disinfect 5 existing shallow wells in Tana River County
  • Procure and distribute water NFIs for household use (emergency phase for 3 months) in Kilifi, Tana River and Wajir Counties
  • Procure and distribute subsistence dignity kits to women and girls of menstrual age
  • Conduct trainer of trainers (TOTs) training for 35 Public Health Officers (PHOs)/ Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) per County on safe hygiene and sanitation practice
  • Support the trained TOTs to undertake water quality monitoring for free residual chlorine (>0.2mg per litre in sampled households

Sector 2: Agriculture and Food security

  • Train 270 TOTs on climate smart agriculture including community seed bulking systems and post -harvest management
  • Facilitate the TOTs to train 9 farmer groups on climate smart agriculture, community seed bulking systems and post -harvest management
  • Provide locally adapted diversified drought tolerant crop (DTC) seed /other planting materials for improved household food and nutrition security
  • Support community capacity building on diversified food production, value addition, food safety & food utilization for improved nutrition
  • Facilitate exchange visits, field days and demonstrations for cross learning (food production, value addition, hygiene and handling, nutrition education & food preparation
  • Promote the establishment of kitchen gardens among 300 households
  • Support 10 farmer groups with solar-powered pumps, reservoir tanks, pipes and fittings for micro-irrigation along the Tana and Sabaki rivers
  • Facilitate quarterly review and reflection meetings with ToTs and farmer group leaders

Sector 3: Economic Recovery & Market system

  • Identify and train 60 Savings for Transformation (S4T) Community Agents (CA) on saving for Transformation methodology
  • Train 60 groups on Savings for Transformation (S4T)  and business development services (BDS).
  • Facilitate the department of social development to train officials on group leadership and governance.
  • Procure and distribute start up kits for 60 groups
  • Conduct monthly monitoring of savings groups
  • Link the established savings groups to financial institutions and other service

Sector 4: Nutrition

  • Support Ministry of Health (MoH) to conduct monthly integrated health and nutrition mobile outreaches in Wajir (10), Kilifi (10) and Tana River (15).
  • On job training (OJT) for Health workers on district health information system (DHIS) and surge model follow up
  • Training of health workers on Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN)
  • Support MoH scale up implementation of Baby Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI) approach in the three counties