Kenya

Why we are there

DRC Kenya has a wide range of humanitarian, development and peace-building programs that enable the operation to be delivered across the ‘triple nexus’ which is the overarching programme strategy for the period 2022-2025.

In Kenya, displacement is complex and protracted across different situations (South Sudan, Somalia and Great Lakes) necessitating implementation across the humanitarian – development – peace nexus.

This targets IDPs, refugees, host communities and those engaged in mixed migration.

DRC’s focus extends to promoting Durable Solutions, which is linked to the commitments under the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), and further towards strengthening our work with and through local partners.

What we do

DRC's activities in Kenya include livelihoods and economic recovery, voluntary repatriation, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), humanitarian disarmament, child protection and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) programming in refugee camps and communities.

DRC is also the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI+) refugee protection lead.

In response to the ongoing drought in the country, DRC is supporting extremely vulnerable households in the Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) region of Kenya with Multi-Purpose Cash Transfers.

We prioritize remote and insecure locations that other actors are not able to reach.

DRC is additionally rehabilitating strategic boreholes in livestock concentration areas, as well as supporting livestock vaccination and treatment, to protect pastoralists’ livelihoods and improve access to fresh milk.