Africa: Emergency Response  Kenya: Paulina Napitau Paulina
Napitau, near Kalapata, Kenya. A neighbor is weakened by hunger
to the point that he is unable to walk. Photo: ACT/CWS  Droughts
have continued to impact negatively on a large population in the
Africa region, particularly those living in arid and semi-arid
lands. The 2011 drought was considered the worst to hit the Horn
of Africa in 60 years, affecting more than 14 million people in
the region, 3.7 million from Kenya alone.  Emergency Response
Program  Working through partners, CWS seeks to save lives and
reduce suffering in those communities that are affected.  Our
proactive response focuses on facilitating and ensuring that
communities take pre-disaster measures to reduce the impact and
effects of a disaster, and to use early warning mechanisms that
provide communities with information and analysis of potential
disasters. Community empowerment strategies are key in creating
awareness so that when a disaster occurs, individuals and
communities are ab