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is a world-wide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human needthrough a coordinated emergency response and a common identity. The ACT network isbased in the Lutheran World Federation and the World Council of Churches in Genevaand is a coordinating, rather than an operational, office whose primary functions are toensure:-

♦ Events that may lead to an emergency intervention are monitored♦ Rapid Assessment♦ Coordinated fund-raising♦ Reporting♦ Communication and Information flow♦ Emergency Preparedness

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This is the 2000 Annual Report ofThe Lutheran World Federation / Department for World ServiceKenya / Sudan Programme

for more information please contact:

Representative:LWF/DWS Kenya / Sudan ProgrammeGitanga Road (Opposite Braeburn School)P.O. Box 40870, NairobiKenya.

Phone: (+254 2) 577777 / 578181Fax: (+254 2) 574577E-mail: lwfnairobi@lwfkenya.orgWebsite: http://www.lwfkenyasudan.org

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ACROYMNS

ACT Action by Churches Together InternationalANV Association of Napata VolunteersBPRM Bureau for Population Refugee MigrationBYDA Bahr El Ghazel Youth Development AssociationCEAS Church Ecumenical Action in SudanCAFOD Catholic Fund for Overseas DevelopmentDCA DanChurchAidDOR Catholic Diocese of RumbekECS Episcopal Church of SudanELCA Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaFCA FinnChurchAidFFP Food for PeaceGoK Government of KenyaIDPs Internally Displaced PersonsFFW Food for WorkKSHS. Kenya ShillingsLWF/DWS Lutheran World Federation/Department for World ServiceLWR Lutheran World ReliefMT Metric TonnesNGO Non Governmental OrganisationRC Relief CommitteeSRRA Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation AgencyTRP Turkana Rehabilitation ProjectUNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUNICEF United Nations Children’s FundUS United StatesUSAID United States Agency for International DevelopmentUSD United States DollarWFP World Food Programme

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD: LOOKING FORWARD .....2LWF/DWS IN KENYA: AT A GLANCE ....4

KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP:FACTS & FIGURES 2000 .....5FOOD DISTRIBUTION: MORE THAN JUST SCOOPING .....6

PROVIDING WATER IN THE REFUGEE CAMP .....8LWF/DWS - PROVIDING WATER TO THE LOCAL HOST COMMUNITY .....8

IMPROVING SANITATION IN THE CAMP .....9LWF/DWS EDUCATION PROJECT FOR REFUGEES ...10

PROMOTING GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN THE KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP ...10LWF/DWS COMMUNITY SERVICES IN KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP ...11

CAPACITY BUILDING - HANDING OVER INCOME GENERATING PROJECTS TO REFUGEES ...11GENDER EQUITY PROMOTION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT...13

REFUGEE WOMEN: PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE...13MANY ROLES FOR A WOMAN TO FULFILL...15

POEMS OF PEACE...16LOST BOYS OF SUDAN ...18

LWF/DWS TURKANA FACTS AND FIGURES 2000...19COPING WITH DROUGHTS AND FAMINE IN TURKANA...20

SUDAN FACTS SHEETS...22LWF/DWS IN SUDAN - 2000 FFP & FOOD SECURITY/REHABILITATION ...23

CAPAPCITY BUILDING THROUGH TRAINING...24INSPIRATION: WE CAN MAKE IT...25

FUNDING IN 2000: INCOME & EXPENDITURE...26MID LEVEL & SENIOR STAFF LIST ...................28

* * *The essential work being carried out to assist the people of Kenya and south Sudan is onlypossible through the continued, generous support of our partners and agencies. We sin-cerely thank all of the following for the consideration and assistance given to the LWF/DWSKenya/Sudan Programme in 2000:

Australian Lutheran World Serivce/ AusAIDACT Disciples week of compassion

Anglican ChurchCatholic Fund for Overseas Development

Church of Sweden AidDanChurchAid/ DANIDA

Diakonsiches WerkeDutch Interchurch Aid

Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaEvangelical Lutheran Church in Italy

Faith Church ColoradoFinnChurchAid

Japanese Evangelical Lutheran ChurchLutheran World Relief

Presbyterian Church of CanadaUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations Children’s FundUSAID/Food for Peace

Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (US Dept. of State)World Food Programme/World Vision.

Foreword - “Looking Forward”

The year 2000 was generally a good year for the Kenya/Sudan programme.

Project Implementation:

♦ The programme enjoyed encouraging support for its operations in Kakuma Refugee

Camp in north west Kenya, from its various partners, including LWR (with BPRM sup-

port), UNHCR, FCA, DCA, ELCA, Diakonisches Werk and other ACT partners. This

enabled LWF/DWS to continue to deliver various essential services and support to the

70,000 refugees in the camp.

♦ Meanwhile in Sudan the rehabilitation project activities continued to support rural com-

munities in Rumbek and Yirol counties of Bahr-el-Ghazal region, in food security, edu-

cation and capacity building sectors (implemented on behalf of CEAS). Our partners

of both the CARITAS and ACT networks supported these activities.

♦ Continued support from LWR (with a USAID grant for Food For Peace activities) con-

tinued in the form of a targeted food aid intervention in south Sudan. This has assisted

many thousands of people in Rumbek and Yirol counties of Bahr-el-Ghazal region in

south Sudan.

♦ The assistance in Turkana district (north west Kenya) to the famine-affected communi-

ties continued throughout the year (initially an ACT appeal AFKE01 till June 2000),

but also mainly through local initiatives and partnership and coordination with WFP, World

Vision, other NGOs and the government of Kenya.

Programme Management & Support:

♦ It was the first time for several years that the programme reached the end of the year

without a deficit of funds.

♦ The (senior) staffing situation stabilised in 2000 after a period, especially during late

1999, of instability and inconsistency, with many changes of interim directors, finance

managers and programme officers/coordinators.

♦ The financial and programme management has improved in quality and timeliness.

♦ The past delays in reporting and proposal submissions were addressed and by year-

end were under control and up to date.

♦ The management of the Kakuma project has improved.

♦ Staffing levels and costs of the Nairobi office administration and projects support were

addressed. By the end of the year necessary and relevant staff cuts and changes had

been made to reduce the administrative cost and burden to the programme.

♦ Work was completed on the “General terms and conditions of employment” for national

staff in Kenya. This has taken effect as of 1st January 2001.

♦ Similarly a “Procurement procedures” document was finalised, approved and became

effective 1st October 2000.

♦ After a period of uncertainty and difficulty, the programme received encouraging sig-

nals from several of the partner agencies who have been and are associated with fund-

ing it.

At the same time the programme faced periods of crisis during the year, but with perseverance

these were mainly overcome. Amongst the problems encountered:

♦ Having to deal with a 20 per cent budget cut (equivalent to USD 360,000) from UNHCR

in August. Staff cuts had to be made and work reprioritised in order to continue to

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provide essential services and support to the 70,000 refugees. Furthermore the new

year (2001) has started on a positive note with UNHCR and we are pleased to report

that the sub-agreement between UNHCR/GoK/LWF for 2001 has been signed, the first

instalment of funds have been received and regular coordination meetings are underway.

♦ Dealing with implementation of a rehabilitation project in south Sudan funded through

the ACT/CARITAS network – given that parts of this project seemed very ambitious

and that many of the staff implementing the activities had not been exposed to and ex-

perienced in approaches other than that of relief and emergency. An evaluation in No-

vember confirmed many of the issues and concerns that we have for this project and

action is now being taken to address those concerns and to put together a more focussed,

impacting, sustainable and workable rehabilitation project in 2001.

The programme is now in the process of developing a Strategic Plan (or a Programme Strategy

Outline) which will outline strategic options for its future. This exercise should be completed by

end of April 2001.

Sincere thanks go to our partner agencies and donors, in particular to Lutheran World Relief,

DanchurchAid, FinnchurchAid, ELCA, Diakonisches Werke, CEAS, CAFOD, USAID, BPRM,

UNHCR, WFP, World Vision and all of the other smaller donor agencies whose funds have con-

tributed towards the well-being of thousands of people in war torn south Sudan, Kakuma refu-

gee camp and famine stricken Turkana district.

I would also like to acknowledge and appreciate the support and cooperation from the Govern-

ment of the Republic of Kenya (at both central and other levels) and the authorities in south

Sudan, including the grassroots partners with whom we work on a daily and weekly basis.

Furthermore, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our staff who are working

under difficult and often dangerous and insecure conditions. Their dedication, hard work, ef-

fort and participation is acknowledged and very much appreciated. Finally we would like to ap-

preciate the support and assistance from our colleagues in neighbouring country programmes,

in the LWF/DWS Geneva office and the ACT Coordinating office in Geneva.

We look forward to a challenging year ahead in 2001 and to strengthening existing partnerships,

as well as developing new partnerships. We pray for all those affected by war, the displaced, the

orphaned children, the traumatised, the victims of famine, the refugees and others suffering as

a result of both man made and natural disasters in this region and it is with a sparkle of hope

that we take up the challenge ahead. I will leave you with some thoughts and verse from the

refugees in Kakuma (please turn to the centre pages).

Wishing all of you a prosperous and a peaceful 2001.

Bobby Waddell

LWF/DWS Country Representative,

14th Feb. 2001

Nairobi

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Kakuma RefugeeCamp..

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LWF/DWS is the lead UNHCR imple-menting partner and camp managerfor Kakuma Refugee Camp. In thisrole, LWF/DWS is responsible for theprovision of basic needs and servicesto over 70, 000 refugees from nineAfrican countries in the camp includ-ing Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia andother countries in the Great Lakesregion that have experienced civilstrife while others are fleeing naturalcalamities such as severe famine.LWF/DWS is responsible for activitiesthat include;

• Food distribution and schoolfeeding project

• Distribution of essential non-food items such as soap, cook-ing utensils and basicbeddings.

• Provision of water• Sanitation• Education• Community Services• Security• Warehousing• Camp administration.

LWF/DWSIN KENYA AT A GLANCE

Kakuma Refugee Camp

Turkana Famine Relief

Turkana Famine Relief

In 2000 10585 MT of relief food was distributedto 80,155 famine-affected people in 3 divisions(Kakuma, Oropoi, Loki) in Turkana. The interven-tion has not only saved lives but also preservedthe livelihoods of the beneficiary households.

The LWF/DWS Nairobi office supports the ongoingprojects in North West Kenya and south Sudan.

• Overall project management and coordination

• Assistance in financial administrating and report-ing.

• Monitoring and evaluation of project implemen-tation progress

• Organizing and coordinating staff training eventsand/or programme level meetings or workshopsin Nairobi.

• Developing and critiquing the various project pro-posals submitted by the Projects in coordinationwith the various stakeholders in accordance withthe donor requirements.

• Providing timely analysis, interpretation and prepa-ration of the various project reports.

• Coordinating air charters and the staff travel onthe Nairobi routes for all personnel and cargo.

• Providing procurement services.

• Liaison with donors and visitors to the programme

• Support as necessary to projects in DRC andSomalia

KENYA - Country Profile

Area 582,650 km2Population 29,700,000Capital (Nairobi) Pop aprox. 3,000,000

Economy

Currency Kenyan Shilling (100 cents)Exchange rate to US$ Kshs.76GDP per capita US$ 310.GDP growth 1.6%GNP per capita US$ 340Total external debtas % GDP: 54.8%Unemployment rate 35% urban (1994)Inflation rate(consumer price index) 12%Life expectancy 57 yearsInfant mortality 59.4 deaths/1,000 live births(1998)

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KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP: FACTS & FIGURES 2000

Camp Size - 25km sqPopulation Density - 2,769 persons/per/km sqTotal Refugee Population (December 2000) - 69,224Total Number of Refugee women - 26,721Total Number of Refugee men - 42,503Total Number of Children below age 17years (inclusive) - 20,773New arrivals per month in 2000 - 882

Breakdown of Refugees by NationalitiesSudanese - 54,220Somalis - 11,928Others - 3,076

Water Pumped in litres as at 31 December 2000 - 478,836 m3Total Food (dry ration) Distributed as at 31 December 2000- 12,373 MTTotal Complimentary Food Distributed (Potatoes) - 226 MT

School Enrolment:

Girls BoysPreschool 2,951 2,998Primary 5,705 13,954Secondary 67 2,450

Total Contracted Staff:(December 2000) - 179

Total Refugee Staff: - 1,764

New arrivals being received at thereception centre at KakumaRefugee Camp. LWF/DWSprovides 3 meals a day and othersocial services for new arrivalsawaiting UNHCR registration andmedical screening.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION:MORE THAN JUST SCOOPING

In a refugee camp where 70,000 people are dependent on food aid, life very much revolves around the twicemonthly food distribution exercise in the camp. It is a fact of life in the camp that refugees are very much depend-ent upon this rations on a continuous basis since they have no access to land to grow their own food.

ing the immediate previous distribution. The meet-ing takes place two days before the actual distribu-tion day.

The feeding population figure and the distribu-tion printouts are provided by the UNHCR two tothree days before distribution. This information formsthe basis for food requisition from WFP one day be-

In a typical month, preparation for the general fooddistribution starts with a joint LWF/DWS, UNHCR,WFP, refugee leaders and the members of food advi-sory committee meeting. The meeting’s agenda is to dis-cuss food commodities to be distributed, the rates to beused, distribution plan, lost ration cards, new born reg-istered in the camp and any problems experienced dur-

A group of Sudanese women waiting for food in one of the three LWF/DWS food distribution centres in the camp.LWF/DWS distributed a total of 12,373 metric tonnes of food to about 70,000 refugees in the camp during 2000

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A food loader rests after a hard day’s work atone of the distirbution centres in the camp. Oneach distribution day, LWF/DWS distributionstaff are picked at 5.00 a.m and taken to the dis-tribution centres by 5.30 a.m for the distribu-tion to start at 6.00.a.m

fore distribution. WFP provides the food ration rate. Scoopingmaterials are prepared according to the WFP rates.

The eve of distribution is a beehive of activities. Highlight-ing of the reported lost ration card numbers on the print outs,preparation of pressure lamps, washing of the distribution cen-tres, fuelling of trucks and loading of food commodities ontothe trucks are all carried out.

Food commodities are transported on each of the five dis-

and according to the family size. Different foodcommodities are distributed separately. There arefour outlets in every centre and each shop haseight windows. In most cases, only 5 or 6 win-dows are used according to the availability offood commodities and each scooper is responsi-ble for scooping one available commodity.

Ushers direct the refugees where to go in thecentres and assist in translation in case of anyproblems or questions. The refugees produce theration card that is checked on the UNHCR dis-tribution print out and marked by the registra-tion clerk at the entrance. Scoopers under closemonitoring of the centre supervisor carry out foodscooping.

After the last day, food distribution takes alow profile as preparations for the next distribu-tion that is only ten days away get underway.Before the staff sign in relief it will be time foranother distribution, and the camp once againwill explode into a bee-hive of activities. Andthis cycle continues for the rest of the year.

tribution days from the UNHCR compound to the three distri-bution centres within the camp. The first centre is located twokilometres from the UNHCR compound and serves 27,000 refu-gees. The second one serves 17,000 people and is located fivekilometres from the compound. The third centre is located 11kilometres from the compound in the new camp extensions. Itserves a total of 26,000 refugees. LWF/DWS maintains a fleetof 2 tractors, 2 three-ton trucks and 3 fifteen-ton trucks to en-sure that food is transported timely for distribution.

On the distribution day, the LWF/DWS 51 strong distribu-tion staff are picked up at 5:00 a.m. and taken to the distribu-tion centres by 5:30 a. m. The actual distribution starts at 6:00a.m. While the food commodities are off-loaded from thetrucks, the security personnel assist in arranging the refugeesat the control points into organised queues allowing them in.Expectant mothers, disabled women and men are arranged indifferent queues and use separate entrances.

Food distribution involves giving out food commodities torefugees using a centralised family head distribution system

LWF/DWS maintains a fleet of trucks to ensure that foodis transported timely for distribution

Provision of water toa town hosting about70,000 refugees and30,000 local host com-munity located in an areathat may be described atbest as a semi arid desertis a daily challenge forLWF/DWS. LWF/DWSis responsible for the op-eration, general mainte-nance, extension and im-provement of the watersystem in the KakumaRefugee Camp. It’s re-sponsible for ensuringthat clean, palatable andpotable water is suppliedto refugees, agencies andlocal communitiesneighbouring the camp.

cient water supply in some ofthe camp zones. As a result sev-eral measures were put in placethat included interlinking ofhigh and low yield boreholes.This facility allowed for pump-ing/cross pumping extra waterto affected boreholes in orderto resolve unequal distributionproblems especially in affectedcamp areas.

PROVIDING WATER IN THE REFUGEE CAMP

Other works carried out in-clude increasing the depth andcleaning of some boreholes toimprove and increase wateryield, installation of strongermechanical pumps to improveefficiency of the operation ofthe system and laying of pipe-line and construction of tapstands for new camp extensionsareas and in the most congestedas well as crowded areas.

Normal water supply inparts of the camp was inter-rupted by the drought season inTurkana district through outyear 2000. As a result severalboreholes yield dropped dras-tically from time to time whileothers dried completely. Re-view of Kakuma refugee campwater system was carried out inthe first quarter of the year toaddress problems of insuffi-

LWF/DWS has been able to provide each refugee with an average of 17 litres of waterper day, which compares favourably with the UN recommended range of between 15-20 litres per person per day

In efforts to support the local host community whoare continuously and adversely affected by acutedrought that prevails in Turkana District, LWF/DWSin year 2000 carried out several projects to alleviatethe water problem. It utilized funds received from theAustralian Government through UNHCR to sink andequip a borehole in Kakuma town now known as theKakuma town community borehole. A windmill bore-hole and a solar powered borehole also assist in sup-plying water for Kakuma town residents. These bore-

holes are maintained by the LWF/DWSKakuma Refugee Water sector.

The second water project in support of thelocal community is located in Letea town, 30kilometres from the camp. The small town is afirewood gathering point for the local Turkanacommunity who later supply it to the camppopulation. There was no water supply andUNHCR made funds available for sinking aborehole for the town while LWF/DWS in

LWF/DWS: - Providing water to the local host community.

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collaboration with UNICEF implementedthe works. The 60 metres operationalborehole was drilled and equipped with ahand pump.

The third project is located in Nadapal,a town 100 kilometres south of KakumaRefugee Camp. The local community doesnot have a water supply. LWF/DWSdrilled the borehole to twenty-five meters.Test pumping of the borehole realized awater yield of 12.5 m3/hr. A hand pumpwas installed through the UNICEFdrought/emergency operation whileUNHCR covered the costs.

LWF/DWS in year 2000 carried out severalprojects to assist the local host communityto cope with a severe water shortage causedby persistant drought in the semi aridTurkana District

In year 2000 LWF/DWS was responsible for generalsanitation within the Kakuma Refugee Camp. LWF/DWSfacilitates the digging of pit latrines, production of latrineslabs and construction of superstructures for the latrinesaround the camp. Slabs whose pit latrines are filled up arerecycled to newly dug pits. A series of general clean upcampaigns were organised and conducted throughout thecamp on zonal basis. This involved collecting and burn-ing of rubbish along the roads within communities and 9refuse dump pits existing in the camp. Refugee participa-tion in these exercises contributed to the success of eventsthat took place on every Saturday.

Low funding for camp sanitation adversely affected theconstruction and repair of pit latrines, the only means offaecal disposal in the camp. In addition, fires that rockedthe camp in January/February and the concentration ofrefugees in the initial camp settlements of Kakuma I and IIworsened the situation with some areas having the ratiosof latrines to persons as high as 1:100 against the UNHCRstandards of 1:20. This in effect exposes the refugees toconditions conducive to epidemics such as cholera andamoeba infections, not to mention the indecency of usingexposed areas as latrines.

Regular collection and disposal of human waste at theReception Center was maintained at high level at all times.

New arrivals from Lokichoggio are stillaccommodated in the center for screen-ing and assessment before eventualsettlement in the community.

IMPROVING SANITATION IN THE CAMP* * *

LWF/DWS facilitaties the construction ofpit latrines by refugees in the camp

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LWF/DWS coordinates the 3level (pre-school, primary andsecondary schools) educationsector in the camp. The Edu-cation project follows theKenya Education System. Amajority of refugee teachersare employed in all the schoolsand are responsible for schooladministration and the day-to-day curriculum implementationthrough classroom teachingand other educational activi-ties. The non-refugee teachersteach Kiswahili, English andtechnical subjects such as Mu-sic, Art and Craft.

Girls account for only 29% of the 19,659 pupilsenrolled in primary schools and 2% of the 2517 en-rolled in secondary schools in the camp. These fig-ures, though modest, are a significant increase fromprevious years where girl’s enrolment was betweenzero and insignificant numbers. In year 2000, 193 girlscompleted primary school education as compared to89 in 1999.

LWF/DWS places special emphasis in the promo-tion of girl child education in the camp. This is car-

PROMOTING GIRL - Child Education in Kakuma Refugee Camp

LWF/DWS places special emphasis in the promotion of girl child education in the camp.

ried out through appropriate counselling of the girls,their parents and the community in general. LWF/DWSalso provides the girls with necessary support materi-als to motivate girls’ to enrol and remain at school.

LWF/DWS has also put in place special afternoonclasses project for teenage mothers and wives willingto pursue their education. Apart from being taught ba-sic literacy and numeracy, this group also discusseswomen rights, family planning and personal hygieneamong others.

LWF/DWS EDUCATION PROJECT FOR REFUGEESShortage of teachers espe-cially at the primary and sec-ondary school levels have re-mained an issue of concern.Another concern is thecrowded conditions of mostclasses particularly in lower pri-mary. LWF/DWS has em-barked on a sensitisation cam-paign to encourage parents toparticipate in building semi per-manent classrooms to alleviatethe congestion in the lowerclassrooms. The parents haveexpressed their willingness todonate their labour once build-ing materials are available.

Through out the reporting pe-riod, there has been a markedincrease in primary school pu-pils’ enrolment in the camp. Av-erage school attendance hasalso been consistent. At thebeginning of the year, the totalenrolment stood at 15,861 ofwhom 4,103 were girls while11,758 were boys. By the endof the year, the populationstood at 19,659 of whom 5,705are girls while 13,954 are boys.

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In efforts to build the capacity of refugees, LWF/DWS started to assist a group of Ethiopian refu-gees with a soap-training project in 1998. Fol-lowing great success of the project, LWF/DWShanded its operations and management to a refu-gee group under the chairmanship of an Ethio-pian refugee Mr. Kinfu. This is in line with ef-forts to ensure that refugees participate and takecharge of various projects and aspects of theirlives in the camp. For this project and others thatwill be handed over to refugees, LWF/DWS willonly maintain a monitoring role during a six-month phase out period from such community-managed project.

LWF/DWS’s assistance has consisted of train-ing in soap making skills, financial input for theprocuring of raw materials and marketing. Todate, the project has trained 419 refugees of whom284 are women. The project employs 35 refugeesof whom five are in the management committeewhile the rest are in the production unit.

Soap produced by the group is sold directlyto the camp population. There are plans to repli-cate the pilot project into five home based soapproduction groups in the camp. Other plans are

LWF/DWS has put in place anintegrated and diversified Commu-nity Services package in variousprograms aimed at caring, empow-ering and building the capacity ofrefugees. The Community Devel-opment project promotes capac-ity building and income generatingprojects benefiting refugees in thecamp from 9 different countries.Activities fostered include a poul-try project, a tailoring school,tinsmithing, woodcarving and hairdressing among others.

The Psychosocial Care forunaccompanied minors projectcaries out activities aimed at pro-

LWF/DWS COMMUNITY SERVICES IN KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP

The chairman of the soap project, Mehret Kinfu (left),an Ethiopian refugee who sought refuge in Kenya in 1991explains the process of soap production to a class ofSudanese trainess in a soap production class.

viding assistance and building thecapacity of children and youngadults affected by conflict and dis-placement. Focus has been put inthe facilitation of their re-integrationinto their respective communitygroups.

The Case Managementproject is responsible for arbitra-tion of disagreements and conflictsthat occur within the refugee com-munities. It is also a tool for assess-ing the basic needs within the com-munity. The project is equallycharged with the responsibility ofeducating communities throughcommunity structures on various

modern day and internationally ac-cepted legal standards of justice. Acounseling service supports theconflict resolution and addressesthe needs of refugees sufferingfrom stress, trauma, depressionand also psychological problems.

The Sports, Youth and Cul-ture project carries out activities tar-geting the participation of the youthin the camp in various activitiesaimed at improving their mental andphysical well being, and encourag-ing intercultural understanding. Ac-tivities carried out include debating,drama, cultural dancing, sports, artsand crafts production.

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to expand the project to produce detergents andshampoos once potential markets are established.

The project had its soap tested and verified bythe Kenya Bureau of Standards and rated gradeone and two in consecutive years.

The ripple effects of the project have nowreached to Dadaab, in north-eastern Kenya the sec-ond refugee camp in Kenya hosting refugees fromSomalia. Two Ethiopian managers with the soapproject were invited to Dadaab camp to train 28refugees in initiating a soap project in that camp.

The current chairman of the soap project isMehret Kinfu, an Ethiopian refugee who soughtrefuge in Kenya in 1991 after war broke out in hiscountry. ‘It took me 12 days to walk to the border,a distance of one day’s drive’, say Mehret, recall-ing his flight to save his life. Prior to the eruptionof the civil war in Ethiopia, he was a district ad-

ministrative employee. ‘since that time I havenever seen or heard of my wife’

‘For the seven years I have been in Kakuma,LWF/DWS has assisted me develop my skills invarious aspects. For the first three years in thecamp, LWF/DWS appointed me in charge of se-curity in camp areas hosting the Ethiopian refu-gees. I was then appointed a supervisor in chargeof community services in the same area. This ex-posed me to various community projects and myinterest settled in the soap-making project. To-gether with other refugees, we have received train-ing in management skills and soap quality im-provement.

The project members have developed an en-couraging sense of ownership and every one con-tributes to the welfare of the project with a lot ofenthusiasm.

Mehret Kinfu second right displayinga product of his group. LWF/DWS’ has assisted such groups with training insoap making skills, financial imput for procuring raw materials and marketing

Refugee Women: Playing an active role

Abyati Bana Abuu with her children resting under a shade outside her hut inKakuma Camp. “I will never forget the ghastly sight of charred scattered fleshthat met my eyes when I finally emerged from the rubble that was once my home”

LWF/DWS implements women and gender eq-uity promotion projects in the camp. TheWomen’s projects promotes activities thatbenefit women around the camp. Activities areorganised through women’s groups providingrepresentation from all the different communi-ties. Women are engaged in various capacitybuilding activities such as production of vari-ous garments and embroidered articles, bas-kets, and mats, etc. The project also overseestraining of women on hygiene and productionof sanitary pads and under clothing. Womenare also trained in the use of solar cookers andmud stoves.

LWF/DWS initiated the Gender equity promo-tion project in 1998. The project’s aim is tocreate gender equity in the camp with specificemphasis on eradicating cultural stereotypesand improving relations and understandingamongst its men and women. Efforts havebeen directed at improving the status of womenin the camp.

GENDER EQUITY PROMOTION AND WOMEN EMPOWERNMENTThe project has been working through Womenand Girls support groups that have been estab-lished in each community in the camp. The es-tablishment of these groups provided a meansthrough which all women could be reached evenat the individual household level. This is also aforum where women can talk about their issuesand problems in a manner that they are unableto do so in the traditional and religious structures.

In year 2000 LWF/DWS focused at encourag-ing increased active involvement and participa-tion of women and girls in productive and posi-tive social activities. These activities range fromGirl child education to Adult Literacy, cultural andyouth groups, sports activities, decision mak-ing forums, and economic activities through pro-vision of entrepreneur/technical skills and ba-sic materials such as soap, underwear, sanitarytowels, sports/school uniforms and learningmaterials.

‘On a cold merciless day in1993, a bomb was dropped out-side our house claiming thelives of her three children and11 neighbours’, mourns AbaytiAbuu. Abuu will never forgetthe ghastly sight of charred scat-tered flesh that met her eyeswhen she finally emerged fromthe rubble that was once herhome. It was a nightmare thatwould haunt her for life. Eventhe thought that her husband andthree children survived thebomb blast did not shield herfrom the despair of the suddenloss of her three young children.The remains were hastily bur-ied in a mass grave along withthose who perished that day.

Prior to this fateful day, AbyatiBana Abuu was a qualified ac-countant working with the

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Mogadishu Electrical Powerstation. Her husband was anelectrician in the same com-pany. With the escalation of thewar and subsequent disintegra-tion of the society Abuu lost herjob in 1991 and begun to hawkcookies for a living.

Her husband made a living fer-rying loads on a wheelbarrow.Some of the people weremoved out of Mogadishu tovarious destinations but Abuu’sfamily did not have the meansto do so. Looters broke into herfather’s house and took all themoney he had. They demandedmore. Since he had nothingmore to give, they shot himdead. The war had suddenlydashed their hope of securinga more quality life for their sixchildren.

A kind neighbour assistedAbuu’s family to flee to Macafrom where they travelled toMombasa. She was not grantedrefugee status immediately andthus did menial jobs in Mom-basa in exchange for food andshelter. It was not until 1998that Abuu finally gained refu-gee status and was relocated toKakuma a Refugee Campwhere she volunteered to workas a pre-school teacher. Herskills and ease with childrenwere immediately recognisedand she was appointed theheadmistress of the kindergar-ten in Kakuma Refugee Camp.The school, one of the six pre-schools in the camp managedby the LWF/DWS provideseducation to the Barawa,Bajuni and Bantu minority So-mali groups in Kakuma camp.

Her daily schedule involves su-pervising 10 teachers and 700pupils.

While in Mombasa, Abuu’schildren did not have access toany educational opportunities.When they arrived in Kakuma,her 18-year-old daughter wasilliterate and was enrolled for atailoring course. The course is one on the voca-tional trainings offered byLWF/DWS to refugees in thecamp. Abuu’s children born inKenya are now attendingschools in the camp. Eventhough her older childrenmissed the opportunity to be-come professional like her,Abuu hopes that the young oneswill benefit the education op-portunities open to them in thecamp.

Abyati Bana Abuu narrating her story. “Even the thoughts that her husband and three children survived the bomb blastdid not shield her from the despair of the sudden loss of her three young children”.

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MANY ROLES FOR A WOMAN TO FULFIL AND.....

Yar Malat is a young Sudanesewoman who is 32 years old andDinka by tribe. She arrived inKenya in 1994. Back in the Sudanshe had attended school up tograde 5 but could not continuethere due to the political instabil-ity and she fled her country to takerefuge in Kenya at the KakumaRefugee camp.

Yar Malat is married with 4 chil-dren and all of them are boys be-tween 8 months and 8 years. Twoof them have started school.

On arrival to Kakuma Yar Malatwas elected to be a woman supportgroup member for her group 17 inzone 1. Women support groupmembers give supportive servicesto their respective group membersand they report to the LWF genderpromotion programme. Some ofYar Malat’s duties involve:-

♦ Needs assessments and identi-fication of the vulnerable mem-bers of her community to ben-efit from both food and non-

food items suppliedby LWF

♦ Distribution ofthese items to theneedy communitymembers that shehas identified

♦ She is involved inthe arbitration ofsexual and genderbased violence in-dividual cases atcommunity leveland forwards theother cases to therelevant officedealing with suchissues . In the caseof rape she accom-panies the victimsto the police stationto record a state-ment and also tothe hospital for

in mid 1998 and left mid 1999 af-ter having completed on beginnersand intermediate course. Yar stillhopes to continue and complete theadvanced level in order to sharpenher English language skills..

Her training in English has paid offand she has now secured a job withInternational Rescue Committee asa community based rehabilitationtrainer in 1999. She is now at-tached to the blind programme andher work is to teach the blind howto use the white cane, do laundry,cooking, personal hygiene and alsoto read and write. She also teachesself-acceptance to the disabled andacceptance and support of the dis-abled to the relatives.

Yar Malat is not an exception in thedisadvantages faced by women inthe Kakuma refugee camp. Apartfrom being a woman support groupmember and a community basedrehabilitation trainer she also hasto execute her duties as a mother,wife, daughter in law, and sister inlaw. She has to wake up by 5.30 a.mso that she can take her jerricansto the water point queue afterwhich she comes home to makebreakfast and prepare the two chil-dren to go to school; after that shesweeps the compound, Samuel KurMach her husband assists her es-cort the children to school as shesets off to work. She has to be homeby 12.00 noon to prepare lunch forher family feed them and go backto work.

Her husband has been supportiveas he also assists her bath and babysit the children while she is out onduty. He also takes them to hospi-tal is case of illnesses.

Yar and her husband have learntto give one another his/her due re-spect and Yar Malat prays for apeaceful and harmonious life.

medical examination. She isalso able to give counsellingservices to the survivors ofrape and other depressedmembers of the communityand this is because she has at-tended a basic counselllingcourse organised by theprogramme

♦ She also gives talks to the com-munity members on femalegenital mutilation, girls educa-tion early and forced mar-riages, women rights amongothers.

Yar Malat was elected to be awomen support group members in1998 just at the inception of thegender promotion programme. Onthe realization that Yar was inca-pacitated because of lack of lan-guage skills; her name was pro-vided to Windle Charitable Trustorganisation within the camp sothat she could learn English; andlearning material was provided bythe gender programme. She joined

Yar Malat is involved in needs assessments andidentification of the vulnerable members of hercommunity for assistance referal to LWF/DWS

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SS OO UU LL OO FF PP EE AA CC EE

A beam of love we bear

In our tattered soul

That we may learn

To exercise peace in life

For our soul

Have lean to bear

The poor quality hatred

Grown on the vanishing earth

Pay Attention World!

Turn your face,open your eyes!

Listen to the widow,pay attention world!

Open your eyes to the orphanin the southern Sudan!

by Jok Atem

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ECHOES PEACE

Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody poor And mercy no more could be Is all were as happy as we

And mutual fear bring peaceTill the ironic love increase Then cruelty knit asnare And spread his bait with care

We sit down with holy fearAnd water the grown with tearsThen humility take it root

Underneath his foot.

For the voice are to be heard

There vision of peace will seen

Love and unity at the entrance

Them the world will rejoice.

It is a holy thing to see?

When happiness reduced to misery

Oh! No let’s sing the song of praise

Then make earth a better place

For everlasting peace

Life is fully enjoyed by my generationsBut Iam here in the bush of darknessLonging for justice peace and freedomYesterday in the bush today in the waterNo food, no cloth, no shelter.

My age mates are enjoying their freedomBut why me to have my freedomOh God, Oh God! Give us peace to havefreedom like the other nationsI was exposed out of my reachest coun-try land with black fertile soilI am separated from my parents like ablood of fish moving from now and thenlike a winter bird.

No home , no father, no mother, inwalked in a stream of blood like a wizardtoday you stay with them and tomorrowyou miss them.

To mercy pity, peace and love

All pray in their distress

And to these virtues at delight

Returned their thanksfulness

For mercy, pity, people and love

Respond to human dignity

Hapiness as the claim of living

To accommodation the form diving

Mercy as a human heart

Pity as a human face

Love the human form divine

And peace the human dress.

Peaceful for human resolution

Transformation as the agenda

On the table of diplomacy

The echoes of peace circulate

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Thousand ofpeople are diggingin one day, motherslaid their childrenon the Tree backas their mattress,I was frightenedwith the sound ofbomb, and thecondition forced meto have a gun whilehaving ten years ofageOh God ! my life isin jeopardy.

My leaders thinkonce the world isgoing, my brothers,my sister, myparents.My leaders let usrun after peace andfreedom…………!

YEARNING FOR PEACE JUSTICE AND FREEDOM

PP EE AA CC EE AA SS AA HH UU MM AA NN

FF OO RR MM DD II UU MM EE

Oh God, where is the happiness of my life.The world is hitting me, yesterday’s bombToday’s bomb and tomorrow ‘s bombhide myself under the ground like a summer frog

Caring for the ‘Lost Boys of Sudan’Through the provision of basic needs such as food,water and shelter, LWF/DWS has been taking care ofover 5,000 unaccompanied minors in Kakuma refu-gee Camp as part of the larger refugee population inthe camp since 1992. In 1998, LWF/DWS assumedfull responsibility of care and maintenance of the mi-nors in the camp. Majority of these minors had lostcontact with their families in 1987 while in flight intoEthiopia from southern Sudan and crossed over toKenya in 1992. Their parents had either been killed inthe war or were not traced. On arrival in the camp, theminors were placed under unique living arrangementsreferred to as group care where they lived in shelters(on average 305 boys per shelter). Different families inthe camp were encouraged to foster the minors who weretoo young to be placed under group care arrangements.Over the last three years, LWF/DWS social workers,their refugee co-workers (counterparts) and caretak-ers have been providing counselling and guidance tothe children, the majority of whom have had specialneeds including counselling. The staff have been or-ganising various activities such as scouting, sports,music and cultural excursions such as cultural dancesthat have acted as therapeutic interventions.

AS THE ‘LOST BOYS OF SUDAN’ GO FOR RESETTLEMENT,LWF/DWS NOW FOCUSES ON OVER 20,000 TRAUMATISED

CHILDREN IN THE CAMP

Upon assuming responsibility for the minors in thecamp, LWF/DWS conducted a needs assessment thatculminated in the establishment of vocational trainingand income generating enterprises for the minors. Thetraining and business skills are aimed at imparting skillsthat will make the minors self reliant both in the campand once resettled or repatriated. Three areas of train-ing were identified, namely; tailoring, typing and mo-tor vehicle mechanics.

LWF/DWS has also focused on the integration of theminors in their communities. This has been achievedthrough community awareness projects on the plightof the minors, sensitising the minors on the values oftheir communities, movement of the willing individualsinto the community groups and support for such inte-gration, follow-up to assess progress, involvement incommunity and youth activities such as drama, art,dance debates, sports and membership in social actionteams.

Focusing on 20,000 traumatised children

With the eventual departure of some 4,000 boys to beresettled in the US by June 2001, LWF/DWS hasplanned to provide psychosocial child care to the chil-dren in the camp. Based on the UNHCR headcountcarried out in May 2000, there are approximately

LWF/DWS has been taking care of over 5000 unaccompanied children inKakuma Refugee Camp through provision of basic needs, counselling andtherapeutic interventions.

20,773 children in Kakuma RefugeeCamp below the age of 17. Thisnumber includes an estimated 800unaccompanied minors who will beleft behind after the on-going reset-tlement exercise is completed in June2001. The children in the refugeecamp face numerous problems,which are magnified by the frustra-tion of the adults around them overtheir inability to engage in normallivelihood activities. This, combinedwith the trauma of dislocation andfamily break-up, contributes to a de-velopment within these children of asense of worthlessness.

LWF/DWS has planned for a holis-tic program for minors in the campin year 2001. It is envisioned to bean integral part of a complete pack-age designed to rehabilitate, and ad-equately provide for the child’sphysical, psychological and socio-logical development.

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LWF/DWS TURKANA - Facts & Figures 2000

Project Location: Turkana DistrictNorth West Kenya

Project Area in sq km: 26,000Total Population (1999): 93,000Beneficiary Population: 80,155Male: 35,930Female: 44,225Under 5s: 18,279

Administrative Divisions: 3:Kakuma, okichoggioand Oropoi

Climate: Dry and hot (arid)Average daily temperature: 35 CMean annual rainfall: 400mm

Main economic activity: Nomadic PastrolismPregnant/Lactating: 4,695

Total No. of food distribution centres: 43Kakuma - 17Lokichoggio - 14Oropoi - 12

Food Distributed total: -10,584.96 mts

Kakuma 4186 29,071Lokichoggio 2231.50 31,461Oropoi 4167.46 19,623Total 10,584.96 80,155

Donors (MT)GOK - 1102.41WFP - 9108.51UNICEF - 185.40UNHCR - 109.42Missionaries- 38.64UNDP - 21.95DOL - 12.50KRCS - 5.00WV Sudan - 1.14

TOTAL - 10,584.96

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In 2000 LWF/DWS distributed10,585 metric tonnes (MT) of re-lief food to 80,155 famine-affectedpeople in Turkana. The interventionhas not only averted famine andsaved human lives, but also pre-served the surviv-ing livelihoods ofthe beneficiaryhouseholds.

The interven-tion continued into2000 because thedrought situationdid not improve.Phasing out of re-lief food is ex-pected to occurwhen livestock re-production resultsin increased avail-ability of animalproducts that cansupport householdfood security .LWF/DWS inter-vention in Turkanaduring 2000 wassuccessful interms of achievingimmediate emer-gency objectives,but much moremay need to bedone in order tooffer a long-last-ing solution to hu-man sufferingbrought about byrecurrent droughtsin Turkana.Ekadeli’s experi-ence withdroughts and fam-ines over theyears, and particularly the 1998-2001 drought, gives a convincingaccount of the lessons learnt byLWF/DWS, the Government ofKenya (GoK) and other agenciesand offers a background and insightwhat may have to be done.

Ekadeli Longoli resides inKakuma location, Kakuma divi-sion, Turkana District. He is mar-ried to Lodeki and they have 8 chil-dren; 6 boys 2 girls. Three of thechildren are of school going age but

have not had, and may never havea chance to get an education.

Ekadeli was forced to migrateto Kakuma from Lotikipi Plains,where he was born and brought up,by the famous drought of 1980-

COPING WITH DROUGHTS AND FAMINES IN TURKANA:EKADELI’S EXPERIENCE

1984, popularly referred to as“Lopiar” in Turkana. “Lopiar” sig-nifies “sweeper”. During thatdrought Ekadeli lost all his live-stock, mainly goats, and was thusregistered as a beneficiary of fam-

ine relief food. Af-ter the relief inter-vention the familyenrolled for Food-for-Work (FFW)with Turkana Re-h a b i l i t a t i o nProject (TRP).The family man-aged to sell part ofthe food they re-ceived from FFWto buy goats in abid to restockingthemselves. Bythe time the FFWprogramme wasphased out thefamily had bought90 goats. They im-mediately splitinto two groups.The mother stayedin Kakuma withthe young childrenwhile Ekadeli andthe older childrenmoved to the graz-ing areas with thefamily herd.

The 90 goatsmultiplied andeventually ena-bled Ekadeli to tiepermanent bondswith his cohabit-ing wife in aTurkana tradi-tional ceremony

whose climax is the slaughter of abull. In the process the family losta substantial amount of their herdto the payment of bride price sothey began to rebuild their herdonce more by engaging in pettytrading and using the proceeds to

Turkana Women in a meeting. LWF/DWS intervention has not onlyaverted famine and saved human lives, but also preserved thesurviving livelihoods of the beneficiary households

buy goats. In the process of recovering from the loss,the drought of 1992 struck and mercilessly decimatedwhat they had regained. To avert the famine situation,the government and NGOs instituted a relief interven-tion targeting the most affected. Ekadeli’s family wasonce more registered for relief food.

He recalls that his family received enough to eatevery month and so he managed to sell some to starthis personal re-stocking pro-gramme. Indeed hemanaged and whenrelief food distribu-tion was phased outin 1995, Ekadeli’sfamily owned asizeable herd andoblivious to whatthe future held forthem, matched backinto pastoralism.

Natural Break

In 1998 theshort rainy seasonthat normally be-gins in October didnot materialise.Then the long rainsof 1999 delayedand the other peo-ple waited andprayed. Unfortu-nately both the longand the short rainsof 1999 failed.Ekadeli’s 200 goatssuccumbed to star-vation and dehydra-tion, whilst 100goats were movedto the Kenya-Uganda border insearch for pasture, were later lost to rustlers.

The GoK together with LWF/DWS and otherNGOs intervened with distribution of government-do-nated food to the most affected families. LWF/DWStook responsibility for three divisions in the northwest-ern border with Sudan and Uganda; Kakuma,Lokichokio and Oropoi.

Ekadeli’s family was registered to receive relieffood assistance at Natiir 1 distribution center inKakuma division in December 1999. LWF/DWS foodmonitors trained and worked with the Community

Relief Committees in the selection of the most vulner-able members in each village/centre. The methodol-ogy adopted in the intervention is “community-based”.This means that the responsibility to identify the mostfood insecure households to receive relief food lieswith the elected relief committees. Due to trustwor-thiness and his previous experience with relief target-ing and distribution, Ekadeli was elected by his vil-

lagers to be an official inthe Relief Committee(RC), where he hasserved for a year.

In December 2000, ayear after the relief inter-vention begun, Ekadelihas not been able to starthis personal restockingprogramme as in previ-ous famine/drought pe-riods. He thinks it is be-cause of the severity ofthe impact of the 1998-2000 drought. The fam-ily currently owns 50goats. Asked if the com-munity is comfortablewith living a life of fight-ing losing battles withdrought/famine periods,Ekadeli responded withan appeal to the “goodfriends” (Kenya govern-ment, WFP and LWF/DWS) who always cometo their rescue in timesof crises to guide andassist them to preparefor and cope with thescourges moreeffectively. He hopes ‘along lasting solution tohuman sufferingbrought about by

drought can be worked out if the livestock sector issupported. If water sources are developed, livestockmarketing improved, animal health supported andpeace on the borders maintained, the Turkana peoplecan reap some benefits from pastoralism during nor-mal years and could save some of the benefits fordrought periods”, he emphasized

As for the younger generations, Ekadeli hopes thatthey can be assisted to get an education and changetheir lifestyles to other favourableeconomic activitiesdifferent from pastoralism.

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A Turkana woman squints her eyes in response to the Turkanascorching sun that underlies the severity of the impact of the1998-2000 drought

Sudan’s civil war is the longest uninterrupted civil war in the world.The current conflict has continued non-stop for 17 years.

More than 2 million Sudanese have died of war-related causes.The death toll in Sudan since 1983 is larger than the combinedfatalities suffered in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Chechnya,Somalia, Sierra Leona and Indonesia. An estimate average ofmore than 300 Sudanese per day die of war-related causes.

Sudan is producing more uprooted people than any other country in the world.

An estimate 4 million Sudanese are internally displaced within theircountry. An additional 400,000 Sudanese have fled as refugees to

neighbouring countries.

Most of southern Sudan’s 5 million people haveabsolutely no access to schools or reliable health care.Years of warfare, massive population

displacement, and government neglecthave devastated southern Sudan.

It is one of the most impoverished places on earth.

Sudan Fact Sheet

LWF/DWS IN SUDAN

LWF/DWS Kenya/Sudan Program continued to un-dertake a relief and rehabilitation project in south-ern Sudan. The project is comprised of the USAID/Food for Peace (FFP) component focusing on relieffood aid and the ACT/Caritas component focusingon rehabilitation. LWF/DWS operates in two counties in Bahr el Ghazalregion of south Sudan: Rumbek and Yirol Counties.The target population of this program is 108,780chronically vulnerable residents and 26,600 IDPs andreturnees.

The project design underscores the importance of thetransition away from free food distribution by plac-ing greater emphasises on the need for the residentpopulation to contribute their time and labour to re-habilitation of communal institutions and infrastruc-ture in exchange for food. The intent is to foster andenhance a sense of project ownership and empower-ment on the part of the beneficiaries and discouragedependency. Project activities include Food for Train-ing, Inpatient Feeding , Food for Work, Food forSeeds, and general food distribution.

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IMPACT

Through these activities a general downward trend in mortality and malnutrition rates of children under 5 was realized. This was asa result of improved food security, and humanitarian interventions in sectors such as health, water and sanitation.

FOOD FOR PEACE 2000

FOOD SECURITY/REHABILITATION 2000The overall goal of the project was to reduce the vulnerability of the poorest people in the project area through improved foodsecurity, stimulation of the local economy, enhanced access to secondary education and the development of key institutions.

Project Activity

Agricultureextensiontraining

Fishing

Beekeeping

Skills Training

CapacityBuilding

Goal

•Train and equip extension workers in agricul-ture extension skills to provide extension serv-ices to contact farmers

•To ensure food security among the communi-ties that live along the rivers and lakes in Yirolcounty

•To improve household economy by providingprotective clothing and honey harvesting equipment

• To beekeepers in Wulu Payam

•To revive small scale and basic industries thatare essential for the development of a sustain-able economy through training and establish-ment of small-scale entrepreneurial projects

•To enhance the capacity of the local counter partsand personnel of key partner institutions in lead-ership and management

Achievements

• 6 extension workers trained• 38 contact farmers trained and another 191 community

farmers provided with on farm training

• Provided fishermen with 487 fishing hooks, 10 twinesand 100 metres of fishing nets, 2 bicycles, 40 blankets,20 mosquito nets

• Provided 25 sets of harvesting gear to 25 families i.e.overalls, gloves, gumboots, smokers, 20 LTS jerricans

• 120 women trained in tailoring• 4 women groups trained in simsim oil pressing• 24 trained in stabilized soil brick making•

• 26 personnel of key partner institutions trained in ProjectDevelopment and Management Course

• 17 rehabilitation staff trained in Leadership Planningand Report Writing

• 11 members of Joint Steering Committee trained in Man-agement Skills Participation and Project Supervision

Project Activities

School FeedingProject

Inpatient Feeding

Food for Work

Food for Seeds

Food for Training

General FoodDistribution toIDPs

Goal

•To increase enrolment of children in primary andsecondary schools by 10%

•Meet nutritional requirement of a minimum of300 patients per day

•Facilitate the rehabilitation of major infrastruc-tures, components (roads, bridges, airstrips,schools, health and storage facilities)

•Land clearance for crop cultivation and stimula-tion of small scale income generating activities

•Collect and store indigenous seeds to ensure thatsufficient seeds are available for planting dur-ing the rainy season.

•Facilitate the establishment of communityowned seed banks.

•Minimise dependency on food aid

•To facilitate the training in different life skillsfor the community

•To provide 75% of food quantity required byIDPs for 3 month period to returnees and vul-nerable members of the community to enablethem to be absorbed in the community and toadapt to traditional mechanisms of accessingfood

Achievements

• Provided 1 meal a day of (762.5kcal per day) to12,728 pupils and staff in 28 schools

• Provided rations grains, pulses and vegetable oil

• Provided three meals per day (2100kcal) to 1,212 in-patients together with their caretakers in 6 hospitals.

• Provided 2677 Households with a daily ratio equiva-lent to 2400kcal per day

• Provided 218MT of sorghumseeds to 18,733Housholds

• Provided 9.2 MT of groundnut seeds to 1,840 House-holds

• Provided 210kg assorted vegetable seeds to 20 pri-mary schools and 15 contact farmers

• Provided 2.6MT simsim seeds to 2,582 Households• Provided 20 oxploughs to 20 farmers• Provided 4961 hoes to 4961 farmers• Provided 14 bicycles to 14 rehabilitation staff

• Provided 2 meals per day (950kcal) to 1896 traineesat different training sessions

• Provided 6258 IDPs and 11,719 returnees with foodration equivalent to 1425kcal

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Lutheran World Federation /Department for World Service(LWF/DWS) South-Sudan Emer-gency operation began in 1988,focusing on large scale food dis-tribution to vulnerable populationgroups, in collaboration withChurch Ecumenical Action inSudan (CEAS) and its predeces-sor (SEOC).

The extreme human sufferingthat was triggered by acute foodshortage; prolonged war and dis-placement of thousands of peopledrew the response of many inter-national relief and developmentorganizations. The situation hasover the years, been effectivelycontrolled and no longer neces-sitates intensive relief interven-tion. LWF/DWS programme hassince shifted from general fooddistribution to Food for Peace(FFP) that targeted distribution toInternally Displaces Persons, In-stitutions and distribution food tosupport communal work.

The Food for Peace (FFP2000) project was designed to un-derscore the importance of thetransition away from free food dis-tribution by placing greater em-phasis on the need for the resi-dent population to contribute theirtime and labour to rehabilitationof communal institutions and in-

CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH TRAININGinstitutions, which included the Episco-pal Church of Sudan (ECS) the Catho-lic Diocese of Rumbek (DOR), Bahr ElGhazel Youth Development Association(BYDA), Association of Napata Volun-teers (ANV,), and Women groups, theCivil Authorities the SRRA among others.

In September, a rapid training needsassessment involving members of thesteering Committee and representativesof LWF/CEAS Partners in Rumbek andYirol Counties was conducted. 60% ofthe respondents indicated that theywanted training on Project design, Man-agement, and General administration toenhance the skills and improve the per-formance of their staff and the quality ofservice by their institutions.

The prevailing general impressionwas that LWF staff capacity in deliver-ing relief services is adequate. However,a further analysis of the way the Rehabprogramme was designed and was be-ing implemented seemed to point to-wards lack of experience in relating toand working with communities beyondthe emergency intervention. There arecertain flaws in the Rehab activities,which tended to suggest that the designand planning process of the programmemight not have evolved through the ex-pected normal participatory planningprocess.

Besides, the complexity of the situ-ation on the ground is compounded byunderlying side effects of intensive re-lief interventions on the people. Thereis evidence of severe dependency syn-drome in both the stakeholders and ben-eficiaries. This is as a result of inten-sive relief interventions developed dur-ing the emergency period. The people’svision for long-term investment on workhad been marred by uncertainties cre-ated by a long spell of insecurity andunpredictable weather patterns. Involv-ing the stakeholders and beneficiariesin designing rehabilitation and develop-ment programmes requires intensivepreparation of the staff working withsuch institutions in order for them toacquire the concepts and logic and buildcore competencies needed for planningand management of institutions andprorgammes.

The need for capacity building andtraining of local partners and organiza-tional staff in project design and man-agement became, therefore, more realas prerequisite for designing sustainablelong-term development projects and or-ganizational exit.

South Sudanese people’s vision for long term investment has been marredby uncertainities created by a long spell of insecurity and unpredict-able weather pattern

frastructure in exchange for food.The intent was to foster and en-hance a sense of project owner-ship and empowerment on thepart of the beneficiaries and dis-courage dependency. The projectwas funded by the United StatesAgency for International Develop-ment /Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) through LWR. Project ac-tivities included school feedingproject, inpatient feeding, food forwork, food for seeds, food fortraining and general food distribu-tion to IDPs. A summary of theproject activities and achieve-ments are shown in Table. (onpage 23).

In 1999, CEAS-LWF/DWSSouth Sudan Programme beganimplementing an integratedparallel Food Security/Rehabilita-tion Programme in Rumbek andYirol Counties with the goal toreduce the vulnerability of thepoorest people, through improvedfood security, stimulation of localeconomy, enhanced access tosecondary school education anddevelopment of key institutions.

Capacity Building was one ofthe components of the RehabProgramme. It was designed tostrengthen the capacity of localpartners and key social and civic

Theresa Adol is the Chair-lady of Konyrot Women Group.She is a widow and a mother offive children.

Theresa lost her husband in1997. He had been shot on thethigh, during the war at Wau andlater paralysed.

Theresa recalls that whenher husband was alive, theyused to farm and had enoughfood for the whole family andrelatives. She also recalls howher husband would occasionallybring home fish, milk, meat andother foodstuff.

Even death does not dis-solve marriage. Traditionally,Dinka culture provides for mar-riage, upon the death of a hus-band.

The wife of the deceasedmust be remarried by a brotherin-law. The reasons are, to sirechildren for and on behalf of thedeceased brother and to protecthis wealth, wife and children.Everything that belongs to thedeceased is put at the disposalof his brother.

The story of Adol is differentand intriguing. She did not ac-cept remarriage by her youngerbrother in-law. She claims thathe bewitched her husband sothat he could take his cattleupon his death.

“I ran away. He bewitchedmy husband so he could takethe cows and marry a wife. It isa curse! The family does notaccept this. Besides, he tookaway all the 14 heads of cattlewe had struggled to buy andpaid dowry with them”

After refusing to remarry,Adol took cover at her uncle’sand younger brothers place forprotection. She has built herown house and lives with herchildren.

Konyrot women dancing and celebration during the official opening oftheir development and training facility

INSPIRATIONS: WE CAN MAKE IT!“ Now I live alone. I have

built my house and I rely on myuncle and younger brother forprotection. Other relatives donot accept me. I know they can-not support me because theycannot pay back the cows to mydeceased husband’s family. Myonly hope for freedom is to geta court to issue divorce. Whenthis happens I will look for some-one else to marry. It is neces-sary to have a husband. At themoment I cannot say when thechief will call the court.” Adol likeother members of Konyrot facesseveral problems. In order ofpriority she’s worried and con-cerned about, among otherthings: -

• How to feed her children• How to clothe them and herself• How to educate her children• How to generate income tomeet all these needs.

Adol joined Konyrot womento find solace with her lots. Sherecounts how, after joiningKonyrot, she discovered that af-ter all, she was not the only onesuffering. She realised that so

many other women were wid-owed and disposed and it wasa relief to be among them.

“ I feel a sense of relief whenI am among Konyrot group. Weand laugh together; we work to-gether and learn how to man-age homes and ourselves.Above all, we share our hopesand aspirations for a better lifeand future”

Apart from feeling goodabout being together with herlot, Adol says that she has be-come a better person. She nolonger grieves about her trag-edy. She is no longer full of self-pity, and, she does not believein hand outs any more.

“ We have learned a lot sincewe entered into partnership withLWF. We have learned that wecan make it ourselves. We haverealized that our dream to be-come self-reliant can be real.We no longer believe in relief.Our future lies on doing it our-selves. This is how we will con-tinue with LWF and any otheragency that may wish to workwith us”.

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Donor Amount (USD) Percentage

1 Lutheran World Relief/USAID/USDoS 2,157,276 44.48%2 UN High Commissioner for Refugees 1,459,904 30.10%3 FinnChurchAid 288,827 5.96%4 DanChurchAid/DANIDA 246,975 “ 5.09%5 Church Ecumenical Action Sudan/CAFOD 200,000 4.12%6 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 124,984 2.58%7 “Diakonisches Werk,Germany(Stuttgart)” 87,900 1.81%8 World Vision International 52,591 1.08%9 Others ( Listed Below) 231,102 4.77%

Total Donors 4,849,559 100.00%

Others ( Listed Below)

9.1 Australian Lutheran World Service/Austcare 38,024 0.78%9.2 Australian Lutheran World Service 37,662 0.78%9.3 Other Income 33,404 0.69%9.4 Evangelical church in Italy 30,878 0.64%9.5 Netherlands Olympic Committee(NOC/NSF) 25,706 0.53%9.6 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Japan(Wakachiai) 15,334 0.32%9.7 “United Church of Christ ,USA” 15,000 0.31%9.8 Church of Sweden Aid 10,000 0.21%9.9 United Church of Canada 9,393 0.19%9.10 Disciples:Week of Compassion 5,940 0.12%9.11 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Japan 4,429 0.09%9.12 Interest Bank 3,815 0.08%9.13 Faith Community Church Colorado 900 0.02%9.14 Other Donors (International) 618 0.01%

Total Others 231,102 4.77%

LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATIONDepartment for World Service / Kenya Programme.

Summary of Income as at 31st December 2000 (Unaudited).

Summary of Income as at 31st December 2000 (Unaudited).

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Expenditure Amount (USD)1 4000 Program Operations 49,198.00

Sub Total Program Operations: 49,198.00

2 Statement of Needs Project:4201 Kakuma Refugee Assistance Project 251,537.004205 External Program Evaluation -4206 Local Capacity Building -4207 Provision for Emergencies -

Sub Total Statement of Needs Project: 251,537.00

3 Emergency Projects:4406 ACT Appeal AFKE92 Tana River (25,629.00)4408 ACT Appeal AFKE01 Turkana Drought Relief Food Dist: 91,353.004409 ACT Appeal AFSD 02 Southern Bahr El Ghazal Rehabilitation 637,611.944410 ACT Appeal AFDC93 DRC Kisangani Relief 12,223.214411 ACT Appeal AFKE03 Kakuma Refugee Camp 507,458.314412 ACT Appeal AFKE 02 Kenya Famine Relief -

Sub Total Emergency Projects 1,223,017.46

4 Other Projects:4601 UNHCR Kakuma Refugee Camp 1,459,904.184604 LWR/USDoS/BPRM 2000(01065) Kakuma Refugee Camp 1,061,361.144605 Kakuma UNHCR Sub Office Projects (6,788.73)4607 Wakachiai Kakuma Books Project 1,944.004609 DRC-DL 007 Kisangani Emergency Project -4610 Turkana Famine Relief 2001 -4611 LWR/USAID/Food For Peace Sudan 1999(00012) 142,461.264613 Operation Hallo Project (21,175.00)4614 AREP Foundation Project -4615 NOC/NSF Kakuma Sports Program 24,537.474616 Don Bosco Vocational Training Project 38,023.704617 LWR/USDoS/BPRM Kakuma Refugee Camp (91075) -4618 Construction of Library in Kakuma - Wakachiai 13,149.344619 LWR/USAID/Food For Peace Sudan 2000(00079) 721,906.084620 Turkana Emergency Food Distribution 52,590.83

Sub Total Other Projects 3,487,914.27

GRAND TOTAL ALL PROJECTS 5,011,666.73TOTAL RESOURCES ADMINISTERED 5,011,666.73

LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATIONDepartment for World Service / Kenya Programme.

Financial Summary as at 31st December 2000 (Unaudited).

Summary of Expenditure as at 31st December 2000 (Unaudited)

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LWF/DWS Kenya/Sudan Programme Mid to Senior Level Nationaland International Staff

LWF/DWS NAIROBI COORDINATION OFFICE

Bobby Waddell UK Representative (from January)Pius George India Finance Officer (from January)David Isoe Kenya Programme Officer (until December)Dorica Iyadi Kenya Deputy Finance Officer (from January)Martin Amadi Kenya Senior Logistics OfficerRuth Busili Kenya Desk Officer Sudan (from April)Peter Muturi Kenya Desk Officer Kakuma (from April)Kennedy Karori Kenya Relief Operations Officer (from August)Mary Achieng Kenya Administrator (until December)Wilfred Ruhanga Kenya Project AccountantNjeri Makumi Kenya Senior AccountantJared Anyika Kenya Procurement OfficerHelen Nyamunga Kenya Programme Support Assistant (until December)Catherine Mwangi Kenya Programme Support Assistant

KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP PROJECT

Graham Davison Ireland Camp Manager(from January)Joseph Mureithi Kenya Deputy Camp Manager( until August)Schofield Ochieng Kenya Accounts/Finance CoordinatorJoel Onyango Kenya Education CoordinatorErica Spry Australia Community Services Coordinator (until December)

(volunteer)Dick Felix Kenya Water/Sanitation CoordinatorGeorge Wachiuri Kenya Logistics Coordinator (from August)Kennedy Karori Kenya Logistics Coordinator (until July)Victor Machayo Kenya Personnel/Administrative Manager

SUDAN PROJECT

Joseph Halake Kenya Project Co-ordinator (until December)Paul Kimani Kenya Deputy Project Coordinator (until December)Isaac Mayuon Sudan Rehabilitation CoordinatorHelen Cheti Kenya Project Officer - RumbekJoseph Ekalale Kenya Project Officer - YirolLawrence Oundo Kenya Finance & Administration Officer (until November)

TURKANA PROJECT

Lokiru Matendo Kenya Project CoordinatorDismas Karenga Kenya Field OfficerPeter Esekhon Kenya Food MonitorMary Alim Kenya Food MonitorSammy Ngasuban Kenya Food Monitor