Nairobi, Kenya –The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of the Republic of Korea are working together to support over 4,800 persons displaced by drought in Kenya. The affected communities, including elderly, single headed households, women, and children, are in dire need of humanitarian assistance, including food, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene, and non-food items.

The targeted communities will receive multi-purpose cash assistance that will enable vulnerable households to meet their priority needs through this IOM and the Republic of Korea partnership. In addition, IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) will be deployed to assess the types of human mobility and its dynamics to inform the stakeholders and to generate evidence on specific vulnerabilities, needs and coping mechanisms of the affected communities. An estimated 465,700 persons are internally displaced in Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu and Turkana, according to IOM’s DTM-Kenya reports published between October 2022 and February 2023.

“The needs of displaced communities are immense and varied among the conflict and climate-affected populations in Kenya. This support from the Government of the Republic of Korea is critical in enabling our teams to cater to the urgent needs of impacted communities and help restart their lives,” says Sharif Faisal, IOM Kenya’s Head of Programmes and Policy Development.

IOM is committed to providing lasting solutions to displaced persons, providing them with urgent humanitarian needs while building their resilience and self-reliance, and supporting evidence-based humanitarian response and migration management.

For more information, please contact:

Cynthia Meru, National Communications Officer, IOM Kenya, cmeru@iom.int