Our latest Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) offers crucial insights into market trends and challenges in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties for the first quarter of 2024. This quarterly report, initiated in March 2022, aims to provide reliable data on prices, market functionality, and the availability of essential commodities. Key Findings: Increased MEB […]

Climate shocks in Kenya continue to be felt through more than a decade of drought and, from October 2023 to January 2024, the country also saw El Niño related flooding. This led to the deaths of at least 174 people and the displacement of more than 500,000 households. More than 17,000 acres of farmland were […]

IMPACT Initiatives, notably via its REACH, AGORA, and PANDA initiatives, is increasingly committing research efforts to inform the aid community on how to tackle climate risk. The objective? To identify evidence-based solutions that can be applied in fragile contexts to strengthen the resilience of communities. How? By conducting scientifically robust risk assessments, working with local actors to develop a better understanding of risk, and building local analytical and communication capacities.

Today is World Refugee Day, designated by the UN and observed annually since 2001, to honour refugees around the world and advocate for their rights.   Forced to flee their homes due to armed conflict, violence, climate change, or other disasters, many refugees must also grapple with access to dignified and sustainable livelihoods, uncertainty regarding their […]

Access all the ongoing research and activities that IMPACT and REACH are launching in order to help the humanitarian community respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in crisis-affected countries. Regular updates, key findings and contact information.

The ongoing conflict in South Sudan displaced an estimated 4 million people from their homes. According to UNHCR, 2.5 million out of the 4 million displaced South Sudanese have become refugees in neighbouring countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia. However, due to difficult conditions in refugee camps and settlements, some refugees are reportedly returning […]

A year ago, the World Food Programme announced that it was forced to cut food rations by 30% refugees living in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps in northern Kenya. Since then little has changed. Fresh assessment conducted by REACH finds that food remains the most pressing humanitarian need reported by the residents of Dadaab