Strengthening disaster preparedness and response in Kenya Red Cross Society program

Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) is a leading humanitarian organization that provides auxiliary services to county and national governments on disaster preparedness and response matters. With funding from British Red Cross (BRC), Finnish Red Cross, Department for International Development (DFID) and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), it implemented a 4 year and one month Disaster Management Strengthening (DM-S) Project from December 2014 up to December 2018. The project aimed at strengthening KRCS’ disaster preparedness and response capacity by investing in three key output areas namely: increased KRCS response capacity, response efficiency and sharing of learning from preparedness and response operations which contribute to improved capacity of KRCS to prepare for and respond to the needs of people affected by disasters An end-line evaluation of the DM-S project was carried out from 28th October up to 20th November, 2018 by Acacia Consultants Ltd, an external consulting firm from Kenya. The evaluation covered the entire lifespan of the project by assessing the planned project interventions implemented during the project period. The evaluation provided an overall assessment of progress and achievements made against planned results. The evaluation also assessed and documented challenges and lessons learnt over the implementation period. The evaluation also observed changes experienced around the programmatic environment, which included the 2016 El Nino response, 2016 and 2017 drought, 2017 General Election preparedness and the 2018 flood response