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Articles about Kenya


21/07/2008: Displaced return home in uncertainty
After months of languishing in the hundreds of overcrowded, understaffed, and undersupplied camps, Kenya’s internally displaced persons (IDPs) are finally returning home. Read more...


10/04/2008: Kenya contact information
Contact information: DanChurchAid's regional office in Kenya
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12/02/2008: ACT members address deeper challenges
Human suffering is often visible and obvious in both natural distasters and civil conflict – hunger, injuries and people forced from their homes by destruction or violence. But often there are hidden and less visible needs of people who are among the most vulnerable in an emergency situation. Read more...


05/02/2008: Camps overflow as post-election violence worsens
As the political stalemate continues and violence associated with the highly controversial December 27th elections of 2007 escalates and spreads, camps for those displaced throughout Kenya are operating beyond their capacity. Read more...


24/01/2008: A country and people hanging in the balance
While political parties and outside mediators struggle to find a peaceful solution to Kenya’s election dispute, young people find a different challenge as they wrestle with crisis in a once peaceful country. Read more...


18/01/2008: Fear overshadows desire to return home
Ann Owino is one among tens of thousands of Kenyans forced from their homes by post-election violence. She wants to return home to the Kiambiu slum with her two children, but fears doing so in the midst of the ongoing turmoil. Read more...


08/01/2008: Displaced in their own country
Millions of Kenyans went to the polls to choose their president in the national elections after Christmas. But for Benta Nyipolo and hundreds of thousands of Kenyans like her, being forced from their homes in the violence sparked by the election dispute was something they did not choose. Read more...


03/01/2008: Political tensions in Kenya
Rising tensions and violence in Kenya following a disputed election has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people with tens of thousands fleeing their homes. Read more...


31/07/2006: Churches in Kenya a source of hope during crisis
Villages across Ukambani district outside Machackos, Kenya, each received 24 kilograms of corn flour distributed by the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church, a local partner of Church World Service, which in turn is a member of the global alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International. Read more...


26/06/2006: Drought changes way of life for families
Community organizes to find solutions, but livelihoods move in new directions. Read more...