“Horn of Africa drought: UK charities issue appeals“. “Famine Looms As Horn of Africa Drought Persists“. ”Africa drought pushes Kenya and Somalia into pre-famine conditions“. ”10m face hunger in East Africa’s ‘worst drought’“. These are just a few of the headlines that have appeared online in recent days. Food security is a major issue in Kenya at the moment and the problem looks set to get worse. Does this affect projects supported by Vision Africa? Read the full article »
News articles about Drought
Food Crisis in Kenya
Posted on July 11th, 2011 by Kirsty
World Food Day…and beyond
Posted on October 16th, 2010 by Kirsty
As a charity, Vision Africa relies on donations to enable us to support community projects in Kenya. Some of these donations are in the form of monthly contributions through our child sponsorship program, others are from one off events or sponsored challenges. Historically, most of our fundraising has been done in the UK but that is changing.
Breaking News – Kenya Drought
Posted on March 28th, 2009 by Bob
Kenya, a country still in crisis. It is now the end of March and the rains have not come. The weather forecasters tell us that when the rains do come it will not be enough to fill the dams and rivers to the expected levels. They have been falling constantly over a few years now. Dams, rivers and boreholes in some places have completely dried up.
Kenya in Drought Crisis
Posted on January 17th, 2009 by Bob
Kenya is once again in crisis as it faces a severe drought across the country. The President has called a National Food Crisis. Food prices have trebled and is in short supply.
Our childrens home in Riandu where we planted 12 acres has lost everything. Water is rationed and the bore hole we dug has totally dried up. This means of course no harvest in February as expected. We have recently put in place two very large water tanks so that we can store water when it is turned on, but to date nothing.