East Africa Drought Response Programme

Objectives: The evaluation was mainly required to draw lessons on the implementation of the project; the role of the communities in the project cycle; the programmes effectiveness and efficiency of implementation; sustainability; how relevant actors were involved in the various stages and its impact in general.

Focus: CAFOD has been responding to the latest drought in Kenya and other countries in the region since March 2006. The Programme has been implemented through a number of partners mainly comprising of Diocesan Development Offices (DDO) in Kitui, Muranga, Isiolo, Samburu and Marsabit, but also including international NGOs. The primary focus of the programme has been to alleviate the effects of one of Kenya's long-drawn droughts on the most vulnerable members of affected communities i.e. children under 5 years, pregnant and breast-feeding women and the elderly by giving them fortified supplementary foods, nutritional drug supplements and providing them with other essential drugs among other components.