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“Working with rural communities on issues of Food Security and Livelihoods”
Annual Report2008
For more information Contact;
COUNTRY DIRECTOR
Catholic Diocese of Nakuru Plaza, 2nd FloorMoi Road off Oginga Odinga AvenueP.O.Box 2248 Code 20100, Nakuru, Kenya.Tel: 254-051-2212291, Telefax: 254-051-2212304E-mail: kenya@selfhelpafrica.comWebsite: www.selfhelpafrica.com
Kenya Country Programme
Self Help Africa-
Annual Report 2008
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FOREWARD
Duncan Ochieng’ Onduu
Country Director
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he year 2008 was a dif
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cult one for Kenya following the disputed 2007 presidential elections that saw unprecedenteddeaths and destruction of property. Since our programmes have operations in the Rift Valley Province, one of theareas hard hit was the Kamara Area Based Programme (ABP) in Molo District. Over 6,939 families were displaced,3880 homes were either burnt or destroyed, 5 schools vandalized with thousands of mature crops destroyed alongsidefarmers projects/enterprises. During the skirmishes over 120 lives were lost in Kamara ABP. One of the programmeof
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ces/resource centres in Kamara ABP was razed to the ground. We commend organizations such as Kenya RedCross, Mercy Corps and GOAL in the emergency response in Molo District.While we don’t have a comparative competence in peace building, we worked closely with organizations such as WorldVision and the Kenya Red Cross Society with the support of the Provincial Administration on tackling issues aroundthose internally displaced such as peace building and provision of basic needs.We didn’t resume active programme operations until April, 2008 when the situation returned to some form of “normalcy”. The post election violence was also compounded by high fuel prices, in
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ation and escalating food pricesthat made it dif
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cult for communities to take part in community counterpart contributions.On a positive side, the year 2008 saw the integration of SHDI and Harvest Help to form Self Help Africa as has beenalluded to earlier. During the year under review, signi
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cant milestones were realized in the organization’s core areasof work on issues of food security and livelihoods. Signi
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cant to this was the of
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cial launch of the Training Manualon Drip Irrigation under the support of Australian AID’s (AusAID) Africa Regional Small Activities Scheme. A totalof 1,500 households were targeted for this intervention. An Annual output survey that was conducted in Decembershowed tremendous improvements in our work relative to the state at baseline in 2005. We also worked in partnershipwith the Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 in the localization of the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs) in Nakuru District. This is a partnership between the UNDP Kenya and The Republicof Finland. We are grateful to Coca-Cola East and Central Africa for providing soft drinks during the MDG’s sportsday. We also
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nalized fruitful discussions with Family Health International (FHI) (APHIA II) on a Sub agreement onfood and livelihood security for People Living with HIV and AIDS. During the year under review, we commenced anenvironmental advocacy project in collaboration with Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF). In addition, wethank
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for their support on water resource management, construction of community food stores, equipmentsupport to health facilities and sports equipment for the youth.On my own behalf and that of SHA in Kenya, I wish to express our gratitude to all those who through the year workedtirelessly with us in our working with the respective rural communities on issues of food security and livelihoods. I wishto give special mention to the Country Advisory Committee, Baraka Agricultural College, our development partnershitherto mentioned and; Irish Aid and the Irish Public for their
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nancial support during the year. The collaboratorsat the Divisional, District and National levels for the support they gave us in our work. We also wish to thank therespective communities that made our work much more easily and to the dedicated SHA staff. Finally we salute ourcolleagues at the Head Of
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ce in Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK).
To all, I say thank you and God bless you.
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