Kenya Red Cross

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Among the critical services we are providing in Moyale following displacement is reuniting families separated as they sought safety.

When insecurity broke out across the border, a father fled with his four children while their mother was away visiting relatives.

After two cold nights in the open, they crossed into Kenya, unsure if they would ever see her again.

Eight days later, our Restoring Family Links team found her, and the family has been reunited in Moyale.

We have also reunited a mother with her two children, and our tracing desk continues to help more families reconnect.

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Kenya Red Cross, together with @IFRC, is co-hosting the Financial Sustainability Dialogue of the Localisation Alliance at the Boma Hotel in Nairobi, bringing senior leaders from 12 African National Societies and 7 partners from across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.

Delegates are looking at how African National Societies can build the financial resilience to lead humanitarian action in their own countries as humanitarian funding shrinks.

The dialogue closes in three days' time with the planned adoption of the Nairobi Communiqué on Financial Sustainability.

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Among the critical services we are providing in Moyale following displacement is reuniting families separated as they sought safety.

When insecurity broke out across the border, a father fled with his four children while their mother was away visiting relatives.

After two cold nights in the open, they crossed into Kenya, unsure if they would ever see her again.

Eight days later, our Restoring Family Links team found her, and the family has been reunited in Moyale.

We have also reunited a mother with her two children, and our tracing desk continues to help more families reconnect.

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Urgent Blood Appeal

A patient admitted at Mother & Child Hospital Ltd, Eastleigh North, Nairobi (1st Avenue, opposite DD Plaza) urgently needs O negative (O-) blood.

To donate, please call 0738 986951.

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Kenya was placed on high alert for Ebola in May, after the outbreak in the DRC.

Kenya Red Cross started preparing straight away.

When the first case was confirmed on 6 October, the groundwork was already in place.

Read what that preparation made possible.

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We have just concluded a response to a road traffic incident involving four vehicles and a motorcycle along Popo Road, South C, Nairobi.

Among the injured were three people who were rushed to hospital by E-Plus ambulances, while one other was treated at the scene.

We wish them all a quick recovery.

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A big thank you to Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) China for donating a DJI T50 drone to Kenya Red Cross and DJI modified generator. This gift is a welcome addition to our Drones department.

The drone will support search and rescue, giving us a faster and safer way to locate people and deliver life-saving supplies during floods, landslides, bush fires and other emergencies, especially in areas that are cut off or hard to reach by road.

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Over the past weeks, Kenya Red Cross has been responding on several fronts at once.

In Moyale, we are supporting more than 37,000 people who fled insecurity across the border.

In Eastleigh, our teams remain beside families after the building collapse.

As floods hit Tana River and other counties, our volunteers are on the ground and on Ebola we continue to work alongside the Ministry of Health to protect communities.

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Search operations are ongoing at Baraka, Olkaria Village in Kajiado South, after one person was reportedly swept away by floodwaters while crossing an overflowing river on the night of 30 October.

We urge the public to avoid crossing flooded rivers and roads.

In an emergency, call toll-free 1199.

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Heavy rains along Kenya's coast have caused flooding in Tana River County.

In Tana Delta, Tulu and Minjila dams have overflowed, sending water into villages and homes.

302 households have been displaced and a further 3,156 households affected.

In neighbouring Lamu County, some homes in Hindi and Witu are also starting to flood.

Of the 302 displaced households, 175 have so far received food, tarpaulins and blankets from the county and national government and the remaining families are expected to be reached soon.

Our teams remain on the ground alongside partners, assessing needs and standing with affected families as the rains continue.

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Today, 416 students graduated from the Kenya Red Cross Training Institute in a ceremony presided over by Chief Guest Hon. Geoffrey Ruku, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes.

The graduates include paramedics, emergency medical technicians, healthcare assistants and 53 volunteers whose years of service have earned them formal qualifications through Recognition of Prior Learning.

As the Kenya Red Cross Training Institute marks 15 years of training excellence, we congratulate every graduate as you go out to save lives and serve communities across Kenya.

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Heavy rains along Kenya's coast have caused flooding in Tana River County.

In Tana Delta, Tulu and Minjila dams have overflowed, sending water into villages and homes.

302 households have been displaced and a further 3,156 households affected.

In neighbouring Lamu County, some homes in Hindi and Witu are also starting to flood.

Of the 302 displaced households, 175 have so far received food, tarpaulins and blankets from the county and national government and the remaining families are expected to be reached soon.

Our teams remain on the ground alongside partners, assessing needs and standing with affected families as the rains continue.

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The Kenya Red Cross welcomes the first baby born amidst the displacement in Moyale.

Following a timely referral by our team, the mother delivered safely in hospital and both mother and baby are now doing well.

Across the camps, we continue to screen children and mothers for malnutrition and support new mothers with nutrition and breastfeeding care.

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Safe and dignified burials in Kenya’s Ebola response.

✅ Frontline workers trained
✅ Respect for culture and religious practices

Congratulations to all the frontline workers who took part, and to the Kenya Red Cross for supporting the training!

@WHO remains committed to standing alongside the Government of Kenya in the Ebola response.

Every safe and dignified burial helps keep families and communities safe. 🤝

For more information, call 719.

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#Kenya

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Our support to displaced families in Moyale continues, with more than 36,000 people now displaced across six camps and host communities.

More food supplies are reaching the camps and our volunteers are helping prepare and serve hot meals every day, alongside the health services and household items already being provided.

We continue to work with the County Government of Marsabit and partners to reach those most in need.

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Of all our volunteers alive today, none has served longer than Mrs. Dolat Hussein Premji (Karim).

Last week on Mashujaa Day, H.E. President William Ruto declared her a National Hero in Philanthropy for a lifetime of service in emergency response, first aid and community health.

Hongera, Mrs. Premji. The Red Cross family is proud of you.

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In less than a week, we responded to a building collapse in Eastleigh, the displacement of more than 15,000 people into Moyale and Kenya's second Ebola death.

Our teams worked through the night to rescue those trapped, delivered relief and health services across six camps and conducted a safe and dignified burial that protected communities while honouring the dead.

Different crises. The same commitment.

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Kenya Red Cross continues to support families displaced by insecurity due to conflict across the border in Moyale, Marsabit County.

Health Service Points are now operational in all six displacement camps, and our volunteers are screening children and mothers for malnutrition.

We are distributing Super Cereal to the most vulnerable, alongside household items and hygiene supplies and helping separated families reconnect through our Restoring Family Links.