Kenya

The ICRC has been present in Kenya since 1973, and the regional delegation undertakes humanitarian activities in Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania. It hosts the Somalia delegation, a humanitarian hub supporting the wider African region and the Logistics Support Centre, one of the largest ICRC logistics facilities. 

After 25 years of separation, Natabo has been reunited with her family in Lokichogio.

Our work in Kenya

The delegation works to promote international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) and assist states in implementing IHL obligations to prevent and limit human suffering during armed conflict and other situations of violence.

In Kenya, we work with the Kenya Red Cross Society to help families separated by armed conflict, other situations of violence, arrest and detention, natural disasters or migration re-establish and/or maintain contact. The people we help include refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and foreign inmates in places of detention.

We work with the prison authorities to promote appropriate and humane conditions for all people deprived of their liberty to ensure their physical and mental wellbeing. This includes ensuring that they receive adequate health care, that they are protected against any form of physical or psychological abuse, in accordance with national and/or international standards, and that they are able to establish and maintain contact with their families.

Other regions we support: Our work in Tanzania and Djibouti is supported by our regional delegation in Nairobi. 

Nairobi

The 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 briefed on key IHRL principles and humanitarian issues.

3,247

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

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.

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 of 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). 

Contact us

Address

Nairobi Regional Delegation Ngecha Road, Off Lower Kabete Road PO Box 73226 - 00200 – Nairobi, Kenya

Telephone

+254 0709132000

Opening Hours:

7.30am - 4.30pm

Our work with the Kenya Red Cross Society

The delegation partners with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) for the delivery of assistance programmes, emergency preparedness and response and the promotion of IHL and humanitarian principles and with the Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS) and the Red Crescent Society of Djibouti (DRCS) to provide Restoring Family Links services.