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Dadaab Refugee Camp
Resource ID
101677
Access
Open
Contributed by
Sarah Easter
Uploading member
CARE Austria, CARE Germany
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Yes
Consent Form Uploaded?
No
Region
Central and East Africa
Country
Kenya
Theme
Humanitarian response, Food security and nutrition, Climate Change and Resilience
Keywords
Conflict, Distribution, Food, Housing/Shelter, Hunger/Malnutrition, Hygiene/Sanitation, Refugee/displaced people, Refugee camps, Toilets/Latrines
Additional Keywords
Refugee, Dadaab, Somalia, drought, flood, sanitation, children,
Credit
Sarah Easter
Copyright
CARE/Sarah Easter
Date Image Taken
17 April 23
Caption
Dadaab Refugee Camp - helpers are loading boxes of milk powder unto a truck for a delivery to a hospital - BRoll video.
The Dadaab Refugee Camp was constructed in 1992 in which 245.000 registered refugees and more than 130.000 new arrivals live today, of which 90% are from Somalia. The current drought in East Africa causes a new influx of refugees crossing the border into Kenya to settle in Dadaab. There has not been enough rain in the last six consecutive rain seasons. Whole fields have had no harvest for nearly three years. Livestock are dying. Water supplies are drying up. Food is lacking. Somalia is especially hit hard. In April in rains have finally come, but heavy rains has caused floods and there are currently high concerns for a large Cholera outbreak in the camp.
Challenges the camp are facing at the moment: The wheat sacks point of origin is Ukraine. Since the war the deliveries of wheat have been delayed. Delivery ships were stuck or didn’t arrive. The current floods have also delayed the delivery trucks and destroyed one of the storage tents. Then there are the new arrivals. There are so many people that have come to Dadaab recently, that the little food resources are stretched even thinner. Every person now only receives 80% of their food rations. Last year there was a time it was down to 52%. 52% of food for people, who are starving. Children who are malnourished. Families who have walked for weeks through the desert, desperately hoping to somehow survive. Even with 100% of the food ration, it is hardly enough for one meal a day. How are they to survive with half of that? There is not enough financial support for Dadaab or the NGOs working here. International financial support has become less and less over the years. Media attention is waning. Donations are drying up. That is why families lie down on their mats on the floor hungry every night in Dadaab.
According to the UN financial tracking service, 2.2% is funded so far. Not even 1 million has been funded. Another 42 million are needed so the families can have enough food, water, shelter, health, and latrines. And this only covers basic needs. Long-term projects that build resilience or give future perspective such as an income, trainings and education are not even listed.
CARE supports the new arrivals with the supply and installation of micro water storage facilities which can hold to up to 5,000 liters of drinking water and distributes plastic jerricans, constructs communal latrines and supplies soap bars to all new arrival households residing in the outskirts. Additionally, women and girls are provided with menstrual hygiene dignity kits.
Marker lat / long: 1, 38 (WGS84)
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