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Project 072 - Survival Packs: Kenya


Project 072Emergency Relief for RefugeesEmergency Relief for RefugeesEmergency Relief for RefugeesOur Kenyan partners are distributing food to vast numbers of starving people. Those who have survived violence, starvation and a gruelling, prolonged trek, find relief even in appalling conditions. Each child is precious in the sight of our Lord; yet children remain vulnerable in this emergency.

In Africa, famine, starvation and death take their toll of the weakest as our Childcare Worldwide (CCW) partners report…

Emergency Relief for Refugees

‘One of the women at Dadaab refugee camp tells a harrowing tale of fear, hunger, pain and desperation. She was forced to flee from Somalia to Kenya as there was no other alternative unless she wanted to die.

‘Her husband was forcefully recruited to join the militia, which is fighting with the unstable Somalia transitional government. You can never resist such recruitment as you will be killed and you are taken away from your family.

‘For this Somali woman, fearing for her life and those of her five children since there was no one to protect them and there was no food, she began the long trek to Kenya. She managed to cross the border, but from the border to Dadaab Refugee Camp (the largest refugee camp in the world with almost 400,000 people), it is a journey of 90 kilometres. On the way, due to hunger and tiredness, her children could not handle it anymore and started succumbing. One after the other, three of the children died and all she could do was to dig a shallow grave, bury them and continue with the journey.

‘With her two remaining children, she managed to reach the camp. They were totally emaciated and had to receive medical treatment first. Even though the camp is bursting at its seams (the camp was meant for 90,000 refugees), like the other refugees, the woman is surviving. The food is not much since the influx of the refugees has outstripped the UN rations but many of the refugees are glad to be in the camp due to the security and the little food they get.
everyone needs more food

‘The living conditions in the camp are deplorable due to overcrowding and the food is just too little. As we did the food distribution, we had to carefully follow the directions of the UN to avoid stampedes and uprising in the camps as everyone needs more food than they are getting.’
Our Kenyan partners have always been on the ground to bring food and other essentials to the poor. Now, with the emergency of thousands of desperate refugees, prayer is requested for more funding to bring urgently needed food and medical aid to those in crisis.   

To find out more information on this Siloam project, please email info@siloam.org.uk or phone 01926 335037.


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