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Kenya: Facts & Figures 2024

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Nelson Munene/ICRC

2024 marks the Golden Jubilee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Nairobi Regional Delegation. This significant milestone provides us with an opportunity to reflect on our first day in Kenya, the East African giant.

Since our humble beginnings in 1974, the Nairobi delegation has grown exponentially. Our operations have expanded to include missions in Djibouti and Tanzania, which have played a crucial role in strategically positioning the delegation in the region and broadening the scope of our work. We remain committed to conducting humanitarian activities for vulnerable individuals and communities affected by armed conflict and violence.

In Kenya, the ICRC established a productive and valued partnership with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). We have also collaborated with the national societies in Djibouti and Tanzania to further extend our reach in the region.

From the beginning, the Nairobi Regional Delegation has been at the forefront of promoting International Humanitarian Law (IHL) principles to enhance understanding and integration, as well as to pursue humanitarian diplomacy objectives in the region. To achieve these goals, we have fostered engagement in the region with governments, armed and security forces, academia, media, and interlocutors, including religious leaders.

m one of four waterpoints constructed by the ICRC in collaboration with KRCS to support the community with access to clean water

Impact of our work in 2024

2,250

households (equivalent to 13,500 individuals) received three (3) tranches of multipurpose cash grants to address their immediate needs

600

KPS officers proceeding for the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti were briefed on key IHRL principles and humanitarian issues

133

KDF personnel received IHL pre-deployment training for peacekeeping operations in readiness for deployment to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

3,247

Red Cross Messages (RCMs) were collected from refugees/migrants/asylum seekers

56

Foreign judicial police officers from different French-speaking African countries studying at the International School of judicial policing in Djibouti, and 30 Security Officers from the Djiboutian National Police, have attended promotional ICRC sessions to enhance their knowledge on IHL and IHRL

139

personnel of TPDF trained on IHL at the Kunduchi PTC, undergoing Pre-deployment Training (PDT) for deployments to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

For more details, access the full report here:

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