Over 286,000 people have been affected. 47,000 households have been displaced. There have been 238 tragic deaths reported. The scale of flood devastation is immense in Kenya.

“We lost everything in the flood,” says Mary, a mother of three from Nairobi. “Our home is gone, and we have nowhere to go.”

Urgent flood relief is needed in Kenya. We must support those who have lost their homes and livelihoods. Many Humanitarian organizations are providing food, clean water, and basic supplies. Your support can make a difference.

By donating to the Kenya flood relief efforts, you can help provide hope and sustenance. Together, we can help Kenya’s flood survivors rebuild their lives and find a path to recovery.

Be a part of saving lives. Donate today to UMR

Kenya Flood Relief Efforts

In response to the Kenya flood crisis, various organizations and non-profits have been working to provide much-needed assistance to flood survivors. Among these organizations, United Mission for Relief (UMR) has been at the forefront of the relief efforts, distributing essential food supplies to the affected communities.

To date, UMR has successfully delivered 320,000 meals to flood-affected people in Kenya. However, the journey is far from over. Our goal is to provide 450,000 meals to ensure that no one goes hungry during this devastating time.

Support Kenya Flood Survivors

The severity of the flooding has left many Kenyan families without basic necessities. The need for food, clean water, and shelter is critical. UMR’s flood relief efforts aim to address these urgent needs by delivering food parcels to the flood-affected Kenyan people. Each food parcel contains staple items such as rice, beans, maize flour, cooking oil, and other essential supplies to help families sustain themselves during this difficult period.

Provide Food for Flood Victims in Kenya

The flood-affected regions in Kenya are facing severe food shortages as agricultural lands have been submerged, destroying crops and disrupting the food supply chain. UMR’s efforts to provide food for flood victims are essential in preventing malnutrition and ensuring families have access to nutritious meals. Our dedicated team works tirelessly to distribute food parcels in remote and hard-to-reach areas, ensuring that help reaches those who need it most.

Non-Profit Kenya Flood Relief

As a non-profit organization, UMR relies on the generosity of donors and partners to fund our relief operations. From your donation to relief operations, we ensure transparency and accountability. We make sure your donation is used effectively to provide maximum impact. Donate Now!

Donate to Kenya Flood Relief

Your support is crucial in helping us reach our goal of providing 450,000 meals. By donating to UMR’s flood relief campaign, you can make a significant difference in the lives of those affected by the floods. Every donation, no matter the size, contributes to the well-being and recovery of flood survivors. 

Support Flood-Affected People in Kenya

Supporting flood-affected people in Kenya doesn’t end just by providing food. UMR is also involved in offering medical assistance, clean water, and hygiene supplies to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases. Our holistic approach ensures that all aspects of well-being are addressed. We r helping Kenyan communities to recover faster and more sustainably. Donate to build a better future!

Lastly

The flood disaster in Kenya has left many in desperate need of assistance. UMR’s ongoing efforts to provide food and essential supplies are vital in helping affected communities recover. Your support can help us reach our goal of 450,000 meals, ensuring that no one goes hungry during this challenging time. Together, we can make a difference and bring hope to those who need it most. Please donate to UMR’s flood relief campaign and be part of the solution.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is Nairobi affected by floods?

Yes, Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, has also been affected by the floods. The heavy rainfall has led to flooding in various parts of the city, causing displacement and significant damage to homes and infrastructure.

2. How is humanitarian aid reaching the flood-affected regions of Kenya?

Humanitarian aid is reaching the flood-affected regions of Kenya through various organizations and relief efforts. NGOs like the United Mission for Relief (UMR) are actively involved in providing assistance to those in need.

3. How can I donate to support flood relief efforts in Kenya?

Donating to flood relief efforts in Kenya is essential to help those impacted by the disaster. You can make a difference by contributing through various channels, such as online platforms, fundraising campaigns, or directly to reputable organizations like the United Mission for Relief (UMR). Every contribution counts!

Donate through UMR to directly help flood-affected people in Kenya.

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However, the drought is not the only issue. A number of additional regional and global elements are at play. These are seriously endangering people’s lives all around the country. These include high inflation, climatically related calamities, conflicts, and displacement.

As people struggle to survive and gain access to scarce resources, we are witnessing an increase in child marriage rates, a rise in school dropout rates, and growing conflicts as a result of the hunger crisis. 

UMR is implementing many projects to feed starving children in Kenya. Let’s take a look at the crisis, solutions and UMR’s contribution.

Reasons for Food Crisis

Food insecurity is a problem in Kenya’s urban and rural areas. Some of the core reasons are –

• Two years of failed rains, 
• Climate change, 
• A locust infestation, 
• The war in Ukraine, and 
• Inflation. 

Kenyans find it challenging to eat three meals a day due to the high cost of staple foods. While this is happening, many people in the northern, semi-arid regions lack any access to food.

The Sufferings of Children in Kenya

Over 100,000 children under the age of 5 require treatment for severe malnutrition. Approximately 1.1 million children nationwide require food assistance.

Kilifi is one of the most affected areas of Kenya. Children are leaving school there to assist family members in their search for water. Those who continue their education find it difficult to focus on their academics.

Children are falling asleep during class time because of the lack of food. High school students are fed in school. But kindergarten and primary school students are not because their parents are supposed to feed them at home during lunch or pack them a lunch. Due to the present food crisis, this doesn’t happen very often.

Emergency Solutions

With the food crisis, lack of money, and little help from the government, it seems unlikely that poor communities in Kenya will be able to solve this problem on their own. This is where international non-profit organizations come in. Working with local partners, they want to change this situation. There are many steps they can take, such as-

Emergency Food Aid

They should provide emergency food aid to vulnerable children and families. This can include distributing ready-to-eat meals, nutritious food packages, and fortified supplements. Organizations like UMR often play a crucial role in coordinating and implementing such interventions.

Agricultural Support

Enhancing agricultural productivity and promoting sustainable farming practices can help address long-term food security challenges. This includes –

1. Providing small-scale farmers with access to improved seeds, fertilizers, irrigation systems
2. Training in modern farming techniques like hydroponics, aquaponics and vertical farming
3. Supporting local farmers and empowering them to produce more food 

Nutritional Programs

Malnutrition is a significant concern among children during a food crisis. They should implement targeted nutritional programs for infants and young children. It can help prevent severe malnutrition and its long-term consequences. These programs can include providing nutrition education and access to healthcare services.

Climate Change Adaptation

Given the impact of climate change on food production, implementing strategies to adapt to changing weather patterns is crucial. This may involve –

• Promoting climate-smart agricultural practices, 
• Investing in irrigation systems, and 
• Developing early warning systems to mitigate the effects of droughts and floods.

Help Us!

UMR is conducting many programs to feed starving children in Kenya. If you want to help, you can donate to us and help to feed these poor children. They desperately need your help.

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UMR is introducing the Adopt a Village Project. The goal is to improve the lifestyle of the village people in poor countries.

Life in Kenya – Wajir County

• 48.5 Million population
• 35.6% of the population live on less than US $1.90 per day
• People in Bulla Elmi, Bulla Abdiaziz 1, Bulla Abdiaziz 2, and Bulla Hareri are ethnic Somalis.
• Over 70% of the population derives their livelihood from livestock and livestock production.
• 2.9% rapid population growth. Food-insecure families live in rural areas. They depend on daily agricultural labor for income.

UMR’s Intervention

UMR wants to improve access to basic social, health, WASH, and education in Wajir County. Also to increase safe houses, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management.

UMR’s Stages of Rebuilding follow a 6-step process:

1. Education: Rehabilitate and restructure local schools
2. WASH: Build boreholes to make water more accessible
3. Housing: Construct mud houses
4. Primary Health Care: Build medical centers in schools
5. Environment: Build eco-friendly solar systems and eco-san toilets
6. Community Committee: Community engagement through committees

Adopt-a-Village Project (AVP) Approach

The Adopt-a-Village Project (AVP) is a great initiative. It implements a holistic approach toward the overall livelihood improvement in Wajir County. We do it through synchronous development efforts in health, water & sanitation. Also in education, housing, energy and environmental management, and community participation.

AVP covers four villages in Wajir County:

• Bulla Elmi
• Bulla Abdiaziz 1
• Bulla Abdiaziz 2
• Bulla Hareri
• Elmi Primary School (shared among the villages)

Steps of UMR’s AVP

AVP is an effort to develop village-level capacity toward meeting the SDGs. It is part of an integrated community-level development strategy. The goal is to end extreme rural poverty. This strategy is in line with the recommendations of various U.N. sectoral monitoring commissions. The goal is to end inequalities (especially the urban-rural gaps) in service delivery. And to “leave no one behind”. As such, we want to take a new approach to reduce poverty by combining the best ideas about development. By the help of local knowledge and a commitment to sustainability.

Contract Surgeries 

Contract surgeries occurred between the 25th – 27th of February 2020. An ophthalmologist from UMR led an eye team that screened 300 patients. Out of the tested patients, 134 qualified for and received free cataract surgeries. 77 of them are female & 57 of them are male. The remaining patients received the necessary medication to treat their eye conditions. 

Another 300 patients were treated as outpatient cases. They were provided with eye medication, reading glasses, protective sunglasses, and health education. A total of 103 were unable to receive surgery due to the limited time frame and resources. They were provided with interim treatment. Such as – eye drops, ointment, and eyeglasses. They were placed at the top of the registration list for the next eye clinic.

Water Wells UMR  

UMR built two shallow wells in two villages, Maygag and Star Wario. The shallow wells serve 300 households. They ensure clean water, improve essential health and increase hygiene levels. Ultimately these will develop alternative livelihood opportunities. The water wells will regenerate the arid lands of their environment. So they can produce alternative sources of food security and income. It would result in an overall better health outcome.

Orphan Protection UMR 

UMR distributes vouchers to orphans and their caretakers. It will continue to do so quarterly. This sponsorship is a vital lifeline for orphans. Many of them are in families where the assigned guardian earns very little. Our intention is to ease the financial burden for not just the child, but the entire family as well.

Education UMR 

UMR will be distributing over 17,000 children’s backpacks. They will be filled with school supplies and books.

Healthcare UMR 

UMR delivered two 40ft. containers of assorted medical supplies to Wajir County, Kenya. They are valued at $2 million USD. The medical shipment consisted of facial masks, gloves, and pain relievers. Also diabetic and cardiovascular medications, wheelchairs, hospital beds and many more.

UMR is trying to complete the project as soon as possible. Because it will do great things. Immediate improvements in holistic livelihood conditions will enable the community to regain self-reliance. It will improve their standard of living. It will continue to maintain such standards with locally-driven community efforts.

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Cataract Missions – Life with Blindness

Cataract accounts for 30%-50% of blindness in most African and Asian countries. In impoverished countries, eliminating blindness and repairing vision returns four times the investment. This places eliminating avoidable blindness among the most effective interventions available. Cataract surgeries are life-changing and require no follow-up visits.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) “Cataracts are the primary cause of blindness and visual impairment. It has about 20 million cases and 5 million new cases each year.”

Life With Hearing Loss and Deafness

Loss of hearing can happen for many reasons. Such as –

• Genetic Causes, 
• Complications At Birth, 
• Certain Infectious Diseases, 
• Chronic Ear Infections, 
• The Use Of Particular Drugs, 
• Exposure To Excessive Noise, and 
• Aging.

Loss of hearing means that you can’t hear as well as someone with normal hearing. It means that your hearing level is at least 25 dB in both ears. Loss of hearing can happen in one or both ears. This makes it hard to understand words or hear loud noises.

Hard of hearing means hearing loss ranging from mild to severe. Hard-of-hearing people communicate using :

• Spoken language, 
• Hearing aids, 
• Cochlear implants, and 
• Other equipment.

Deafness is profound hearing loss. It implies very little or no hearing in an individual. They often use sign language for communication.

• 60% of hearing loss is because of preventable causes, in children under the age of 15.

• 1.1 billion individuals are at risk of hearing loss due to exposure to high noise. High risk for ages between 12–35 years.

• Over one-third of people over 65 years of age are affected by disabling hearing loss. Greater prevalence in South Asia, Asia Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa.

• The current production of hearing aids meets less than 10% of the worldwide need.

UMR Interventions

Since 2016, UMR has sent cataract surgery missions to Kenya, Jordan, and Bangladesh. UMR provides quality medical care to the elderly, disabled, refugees, and vulnerable. Many of them live without family or government support. We have helped them by healing curable blindness. Our kind contributors have funded over 1,000 cataract procedures. In this process, we have collaborated with partner NGOs and Ministries of Health. Our $100-per-eye operations are 100% successful with no problems.

Since 2016, UMR has sent cataract surgery missions to Kenya, Jordan, and Bangladesh. UMR provides quality medical care to the elderly, disabled, refugees, and vulnerable. Many of them live without family or government support. We have helped them by healing curable blindness. Our kind contributors have funded over 1,000 cataract procedures. In this process, we have collaborated with partner NGOs and Ministries of Health. Our $100-per-eye operations are 100% successful with no problems.

Hearing Aid in Palestine/Jordan

UMR partnered with Community Rehabilitation Centre for the Disabled/Gaza camp (CRCD) – UNRWA. Our aim is to integrate disabled people into their communities. Also, we are trying to improve their living conditions. The center assisted UMR with its local program team and project need assessment. Phonak Jordan performed all medical exams, measurements, and modeling before distributing the hearing devices and gave UMR a considerable discount. It offered 2 years of device maintenance and monitoring in Jordan.

UMR’s Hearing Aid project helps Palestinian refugees in Gaza/Jerash camp and Syrian refugees in random camps in Al-Mafraq. We have helped people with no health benefits and social security numbers.

Lastly

When thousands of people in a community suffer from health issues, it can be nearly impossible for a society to grow and become self-sustainable. At UMR, we believe that in order to improve the quality of life in a community, everyone must have access to primary healthcare. That’s why we have launched this cataract & hearing aid mission.

As we continue our mission to help beneficiaries, we will be providing free cataract surgeries and hearing aids to as many people as possible.

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“The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million globally last year – the highest number in the UN refugee agency’s almost 70 years of operations.” – UN

Refugees and displaced people are the most vulnerable people on the planet, suffering daily without sufficient housing, access to medicine, doctors, food, or clean water. As the crisis worsens, more and more people are depending on humanitarian agencies like UMR to fill the gaps.

Each year during Ramadan, UMR delivers food packages filled with nutritious items such as beans, rice, flour, oil, canned goods, and more to reach people that have absolutely nothing. We have spoken with families begging for help, telling our field staff that without these resources, they will die.

“Me and my children are fasting. What will we eat to break our fast? My children are begging me for food and water!”

This Ramadan, these families desperately need your help. Please #PassThePlate to a child in need!

Where We Are Working

What We Are Providing

We are providing many necessary items to the helpless families. Here are some of them-

Food Baskets

UMR delivers food packages containing items such as rice, flour, sugar, oil, beans, lentils, tomato paste, pasta, bread, and canned goods.

Water & Sanitation

In addition, we will be building water wells in Pakistan, Somalia and Kenya to ensure that some of the poorest communities are able to find clean drinking water, and prevent the spread of diseases.

Orphan Protection

Children are some of the most vulnerable among these already struggling communities. That is why UMR prioritizes the safety and well-being of children and orphans by providing them with healthcare, education, nutrition and a chance at a future.

Iftars

Each year UMR hosts iftar dinners throughout the month of Ramadan. Last year we were able to serve thousands of people in Yemen and Gaza with warm, nutritious meals.

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Key Facts & Figures:

• Cataract accounts for 30%-50% of blindness in most African and Asian countries.
• Every dollar spent towards eliminating blindness and correcting vision in developing countries returns a four-fold on investment in economic terms. This places eliminating avoidable blindness among the most effective interventions available.
• Cataract surgeries are some of the most impactful on a person’s quality of life and require no follow up visits to a doctor.

Overview:

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cataract is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide. It accounts for nearly 20 million cases, with nearly 5 million new cases each year. 

The majority of people with cataracts are found in the developing world. The major reasons are –

• Lack of access to adequate healthcare facilities, and 
• Lack of ability to afford this low-cost surgery.

Most treated cases need as little as 15 minutes. Even though cataract operations have virtually no recovery time, the number of people with preventable blindness continues to grow.

Since 2016, UMR has been sending medical missions to places like Kenya, Jordan, and Bangladesh to perform cataract surgeries on patients in need. UMR has helped to restore the gift of sight to curable blind cases by providing quality medical care services to some of the most underprivileged including the elderly, disabled, refugees and vulnerable people in the community, many of whom live without any support from their relatives and governments. Under this initiative, in coordination with partner NGOs and Ministries of Health, over 1,000 cataract surgeries have been successfully performed free of cost to date thanks to our generous donors. Our surgeries have been 100% successful with no recurring complications, and cost as little as $100 per eye.

I want to thank all of you for donating to this campaign as I have been blind for 6 years. My right eye was damaged by a rock when I was digging a well and now my only eye that was working has been slowly losing sight from cataracts… Soloman (70 years old)

Project Objective:

The goal of this project is to restore the eyesight of 5,000 people in Jordan and Kenya with cataracts. We want to do it by the end of 2020. In addition to cataract surgery, UMR will provide-

• eye exams, 
• glasses and 
• other rehabilitation 

Refugees and others who cannot afford the cost of these medical care services and procedures can gain treatment from us.

Our Impact:

One of the best ways to help people get out of poverty is to treat preventable blindness like cataracts and bad vision. This is especially true for vulnerable groups like refugees living in temporary housing. They regain their independence and confidence to approach economic opportunities and education. 

UMR and partners have restored eyesight to people who thought they would never be able to see again. We need to continue this work. There are thousands of people out there in great need of hope and a chance to see again.

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UMR Kenya has been working for years bringing shallow wells and boreholes to areas in need.

In September 2019, UMR completed the construction of 4 water wells in Garissa County, Kenya. Prior to this construction, women and children had to walk for miles, oftentimes though unsafe areas, to reach water that was not even clean.

In Wajir County, Kenya is a water-deficient county with no perennial rivers. Only 7% of residents use improved sanitation. In February 2020, UMR completed the construction of 2 shallow water wells in two villages in Kenya. Now that construction is complete, approximately 300 families will benefit from the clean water brought from the wells. Of these households, 6 families have orphans and 13 families have persons living with disabilities.

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