Kenya Drought Response Evaluation Report - Focus on Marsabit and Baringo Counties

The poor performance of the long rains between the months of March - May 2014 in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in Kenya resulted in the drought that affected both pastoral and marginal agriculture livelihood zones (the North Western, Northern, North Eastern, South Eastern and parts of Coast) in turn affecting household food availability as well as livestock productivity.

To support affected populations, IFRC launched an appeal on 29 August, 2014 intended to enable the IFRC to support the Kenya Red Cross Society to assist 649,175 beneficiaries for a period of 9 months. The overall objective of the appeal was to contribute to the reduction of high rates of acute malnutrition through provision of humanitarian assistance to the affected population in the priority counties in Kenya.

A final evaluation of the drought operation was undertaken from 26 July to 1 August, 2015 in Marsabit and Baringo counties. The objectives of the evaluation were; to measure the appropriateness/relevance of the objectives and strategy, to assess the effectiveness and coverage of program implementation (programme quality) and to assess the extent to which lessons learned and recommendations from previous operations were incorporated within the operation and also draw more lessons for future disaster management and operational coordination support for national societies.