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Stephen Omollo (born 22 August 1968), is a Kenyan humanitarian and leader. [1] [2]Stephen serves as Assistant Executive Director at World Food Programme, responsible for the workplace and management, since June 2024. [3]
ReliefWeb was founded in October 1996 and is administered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).The project began under the US Department of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, which had noticed during the Rwanda crisis how poorly critical operational information was shared between NGOs, UN Agencies and Governments.
Kenya is a lower middle income economy, with Kenya's GDP hitting $150 billion as of 2024. This is due to increasing technology innovation services. Although Kenya's economy is the largest and most developed in eastern and Central Africa, 63% (2023/2024) of its population lives below the international poverty line. [1]
9 October – Kenya is elected to a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year term beginning in 2025. [ 44 ] 17 October – Following a majority vote by the Senate, Rigathi Gachagua is removed as Vice President after being convicted of five of the 11 charges laid against him during his impeachment.
Intervenes in Kenya to support populations affected by drought [13] [not specific enough to verify] Launches operations in Lebanon. [14] 2007 Operations begin in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (West Bank) [15] and the Central African Republic. Emergency response to flooding in Uganda. [16] 2008
AID Kenya Foundation; AIDS No More; AKDN; All We Can - Methodist relief and development; BRAC; Business Council for Peace; Camfed; CARE (relief agency), originally "Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe", and later "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere" Catholic Relief Services; Centre for Safety and Development; Center for ...
The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON, Swahili: Ofisi ya Umoja wa Mataifa Nairobi) in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is one of four major United Nations office sites [a] where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. Established in 1996, it is the UN's official headquarters in Africa.
CMMB's Women Fighting AIDS Kenya (WOFAK) is a community-based organization, providing prevention education, support groups, and clinical and nutritional care to 15,000 women and 5,000 children each year. [49] CMMB provides voluntary medical male circumcision services [50] as part of a comprehensive HIV-prevention package [51] in Nairobi and ...