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Child vulnerability and Social Protection in Kenya 

To access the Country Brief please click:  http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ep/wfp270018.pdf

This paper seeks to examine the current transfer values of Kenya’s tax-financed social security schemes and assess whether they are set at an appropriate level.

WFP provides unconditional food assistance to almost 400,000 refugees in Kenya through a combination of in-kind and cash-based transfers. Since September 2018, 40 percent of cereals in the ration have been substituted by cash, in line with the vision of WFP’s Country Strategic Plan. Refugees are currently receiving 85 percent food ration as a result of funding constraints

It was intended for both accountability and learning and focuses on assessing: i) the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the asset creation programme; ii) its results; and iii) the factors explaining the results. The evaluation assessed asset creation actvities supported through three Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations (PRROs) since 2009; with the third ru

A group of Kenyan women sits in a circle one recent afternoon, a metal box in the middle. It looks like a toolbox except for three telltale locks. Pocket-sized record books lie strewn on the floor. Money changes hands – many times.

In this update: WFP has leveraged a network of partners with complementary expertise in water, sanitation and development communication to reinforce and integrate school health and nutrition.

In this update: WFP, in collaboration with the County Government of Kilifi and other partners, has started a nutrition sensitive cash for assets project in Kilifi County. The project aims to train families participating in Cash For Assets (CFA) activities on ways to improve their diets. Families will learn how to grow and prepare food that has high nutritional value. 

WFP Support to Emergency Preparedness and Response in Kenya.

Kenya is home to over half a million refugees, the majority fleeing conflict in Somalia and South Sudan. This is the second largest refugee population in Africa after Ethiopia. In Kenya, refugees live in enclosed camps with restricted movement and are not allowed to work for pay outside the camps.