Horn of Africa food crisis - UK aid monitor

Find out how and where UK aid is helping alleviate hunger and suffering in east Africa

20 July 2012

Interactive map and aid monitor

British aid has fed 3.5 million people in the Horn of Africa in the past 12 months. This map shows the areas that have been affected by the extreme drought in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, and the approximate locations we've been working in, together with regional governments, the UN and international NGO aid agency partners.

Click on the map pins to find out how UK aid has helped. For more detailed breakdowns of where and how UK aid is being spent, please see the interactive charts below.

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Key

- Video: find out how UK aid and our partners are helping

- approximate locations where UK aid is saving lives

- approximate affected areas in the region

Funding charts

UK funding for drought response by country (£124.29m total)

Ethiopia - £43m

Dolo Ado refugee camps (Ethiopia) - £10m

Kenya - £11.25m

Dadaab refugee camp (Kenya) - £6m

Somalia - £54m

UK share of UN CERF allocation to UN Horn of Africa appeals - £5.04m

Ethiopia: breakdown of UK funding by agency (£53m total)

WFP - £33m; aid already delivered includes: 61,000 metric tonnes of food to 1.68million drought affected people in May and 2.4 million drought affected people in June and July 2011

UN HRF* - £11m**; aid currently being delivered includes: treatment for over 100,000 malnourished children and pregnant or breast-feeding mothers; clean water for over 450,000 people

UNHCR - £4m aid already delivered includes: safe and sufficient for water for over 100,000 Somali refugees in Ethiopia; tents for over 3,000 families, two jerry cans each for nearly 23,000 families, two water buckets for each of over 8,000 families, blankets for 10,000 families and hygiene kits for 10,000 women. In addition, 49,000 refugees have each received three bars of soap

WFP - £5m, currently being delivered. Some 56,000 moderately malnourished children have received nutrition supplements, as have 20,000 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. In total, 276,000 children and women will be reached.

Notes

*UN HRF - includes funding to a range of NGO partners, including: CARE International, CAFOD, Oxfam, HelpAge and Save the Children

** Includes £5m that was allocated in March 2011, which is now delivering results in affected regions in Ethiopia

Somalia: breakdown of UK funding by agency (£54m total)

ICRC - £4.5m

OCHA CHF - £4m

Save the Children UK - £3m

Oxfam - £2.5m

Concern - £2m

Action Against Hunger - £2.5m

UNICEF - £3.5m

WFP - £2.9m

Notes

The above figures include support for the following:

During July – October 2011, the UK vaccinated more than 916,000 children aged under 15 years against measles
In October 2011, the UK fed more than 293,000 people across south Somalia through a range of interventions and organisations
Almost 38,000 people have benefited from UK funded repairs to water supply and storage infrastructure.
Over 77,000 people now enjoy access to safe drinking water thanks to UK funded chlorination activities.
Approximately 9,000 people have benefitted from the construction of nearly 300 UK funded latrines.
Provision of safe drinking water for over 300,000 people
Treatment of over 60,000 acutely malnourished children
Access to improved healthcare for over 140,000 people
Food vouchers for three months for nearly 20,000 people

Kenya (including Dadaab): breakdown of UK funding by agency (£17.2m total)

In Dadaab:

Oxfam - £0.5m; for water, sanitation and hygiene for 40,000 people

CARE - £0.62m; for water and sanitation services to 65,000 people

UNHCR - £3.63m; includes nutrition support for 65,000 children, primary healthcare for 153,000

WFP - £1.25m; nutrition support for 23,000 malnourished children/breast-feeding women for six months

Elsewhere in northern Kenya

WFP - £5m; nutrition support for over 92,000 malnourished children and pregnant and breast-feeding mothers and food distribution to 15,400 malnourished children and breast-feeding mothers

UNICEF - £3.2m; nutrition support for over 100,000 malnourished children, pregnant and breast-feeding mothers

Awaiting allocation - £3m

Results achieved

In the arid and semi-arid lands of northern Kenya the UK and other donors have funded WFP which has distributed 2,174 MT of supplementary foodstuffs to nearly 330,000 people.
Since July, the UK has treated 23,442 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in drought affected areas of Kenya. In the same regions nearly 62,000 moderately malnourished children under five years have been treated thanks to UK support. In addition, the UK has also provided nutritional supplies to over 31,300 pregnant and lactating women in northern Kenya since July.
Over 12,000 kilograms of plumpy nut have been administered to approximately 15,000 malnourished children in Dadaab through UK support
UK funded relief agencies have laid over 6 kilometres of water pipes at Dadaab where over 300,000 Somali refugees now have better access to safe drinking water.