KENYA TO ITS PEOPLE

It is so sad when we remember how our Families in Kenya went through hell during the first phase of COVID-19. Many of our own residing in the poor urban areas suffered from hunger since they were not able to meet their obligations of putting food on the table. To help overcome this, the Kenyan government developed relief programs across the country. The Kenyan government partnered with other agencies including the world food program (WFP) to try achieve this.

With the help of WFP, the government rolled out aid to over 400,000 families across the country. Most of these families where in the Nairobi and the coastal town of Mombasa. COVID-19 flourishes and spreads quickly in overcrowded metropolitan areas with insufficient sanitation.
The Kenyan government strived hard to meet the united nations development goals of eradicating poverty in the world with the target of, ensuring significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programs and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions.

This program helped a lot of families living in these slums areas in Nairobi and Mombasa but many where left out. World Food Program spokesperson Tomson Phiri said that many more people who have lost jobs and income due to the pandemic need aid. However, he noted that WFP does not have the money to help them. He said that the agency’s $64 million emergency appeal is only 36% funded. With adequate international support, WFP could be able to provide food assistance to 725,000 needy people in Nairobi’s informal settlements and other hotspots.