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Dadaab Refugee Camp
Resource ID
101676
Access
Open
Contributed by
Sarah Easter
Uploading member
CARE Austria, CARE Germany
Consent form provided?
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 - BRoll: Floods, walk-through Camp, water tap + jerricans
Outskirts - this is where the new arrivals, that have not been registered yet settle. Heavy rains have flooded the camp. In the background is a CARE latrine, which was also flooded. The feces have been taken with the water masses. Due to lack of resources, and the difficulty of water trucks arriving at the water tanks which CARE has set up, there is not enough drinking water for everyone. A lot of families drink from the mud puddles. Children swim in the flooded areas. This raises the risk of a severe Cholera outbreak. There have already been 1,000 confirmed cases of Cholera throughout the camp.
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.
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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