Silver Spring, Maryland [February 14, 2008]—The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues working with its partners to expand its emergency response for those displaced or affected by the ongoing post-election violence in Nairobi and Kenya’s western provinces. With a three-month project launching next week, ADRA Kenya will further expand its assistance to 24,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), providing essential supplies and services. The project complements ADRA Kenya’s other expanded responses to distribute additional shipments of pharmaceuticals, provide medical care in affected communities, and construct water and sanitation facilities for dozens of orphanages.

In coordination with its partners, ADRA Kenya is set to launch a three-month intervention in the Rift Valley to assist more than 24,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltering in temporary camps in Navaisha, Kipkelion, and Nakuru. ADRA Kenya will distribute non-food items such as kitchen sets, blankets, mosquito nets, clothing, and soap; help approximately 1,000 IDPs return home; and provide an estimated 2,000 IDPs with medical treatment. The project is scheduled to begin February 20 and will continue through April 20, 2008.

Additionally, at the request of ADRA Kenya, ADRA International has shipped containers of donated clothing and medical supplies donated by partner organizations. In addition, ADRA International has airlifted donated pharmaceuticals into Kenya for distribution at local clinics. A portion of the medical supplies and pharmaceuticals is being directed to Kendu Adventist Hospital, located in the Rift Valley near Lake Victoria. Medical teams mobilized by ADRA are providing treatment in dozens of affected communities, including Naivasha and Nakuru in the Rift Valley, and are working with the Ministry of Health to treat displaced persons sheltering at the Moi Stadium in Kisumu in Nyanza province.(more)