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Mandera County, North-East Kenya

In some places, hardship is seasonal.
In Mandera County, it is relentless.

Mandera, in north-eastern Kenya, is one of the most drought-prone regions in the country. After three consecutive failed rainy seasons, communities are now facing a full-scale humanitarian emergency. Water sources have almost entirely dried up. Livelihoods have collapsed. Families are surviving on the edge with no buffer left.

This is where your support is needed most right now.

We look forward to creating an even greater impact with your help inshallah.

Most Needed

A Drought Pushing Communities Beyond Breaking Point

Mandera is currently classified as:

  • Alarm Drought Phase
  • IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) – Food Insecurity
  • IPC AMN Phase 4 (Critical) – Acute Malnutrition

An estimated 335,650 people urgently require humanitarian assistance. Coping mechanisms have been exhausted. Families are selling the last of their livestock, skipping meals, and migrating long distances in search of water often finding none.

Water: A Daily Struggle for Survival

Water scarcity sits at the heart of this crisis.

  • 97% of surface water sources have dried up
  • River Dawa, once a lifeline, now holds only 20% of its usual water levels
  • Families travel 15–40 km for water
  • Waiting times exceed 2 hours
  • Water costs have soared beyond what households can afford
  • Daily water consumption has dropped to 10 litres per person – half the humanitarian minimum standard

Boreholes are running 24 hours a day, far beyond safe capacity, increasing breakdowns and threatening total system failure. Schools, health centres, and entire communities now rely on emergency water trucking just to function.

Hunger, Malnutrition, and Rising Illness

With livestock dying and milk production collapsing, food access has deteriorated rapidly:

  • Families are eating 1–2 meals per day
  • Diets are limited to basic cereals and oil
  • Livestock prices have fallen by up to 75%, destroying household income

The impact on children and mothers is devastating:

  • 69,326 children under five are acutely malnourished
  • 16,872 pregnant and breastfeeding women require urgent nutrition support
  • Global Acute Malnutrition stands at 20.6%, well above emergency thresholds

Unsafe water and weakened immunity have led to rising cases of diarrhoeal disease, respiratory infections, and fever, further stretching fragile health services.

Mission Relief on the Ground

Mission Relief teams are already responding even as needs continue to grow.

Immediate life-saving actions include:

  • 10 truckloads of emergency water delivered to drought-affected schools and communities
  • 100 emergency food parcels distributed to the most vulnerable households across Mandera

These interventions are helping families survive today but the scale of the crisis demands far more.

Why “Where Most Needed” Matters

In Mandera, needs change rapidly. One week it is water. The next, food. Then nutrition, health, or livestock support.

By donating to Where Most Needed, you allow Mission Relief to:

  • Respond immediately to life-threatening gaps
  • Scale water, food, and nutrition support where conditions worsen fastest
  • Sustain essential services like schools and health centres
  • Act quickly without delays or restrictions

Your support becomes flexible, fast, and life-saving, exactly what Mandera needs right now.

Be the Answer for Mandera

Families in Mandera have endured shock after shock. They have nothing left to fall back on except the mercy of Allah and the compassion of people like you.

Give today to Where Most Needed, and help us deliver water, food, nutrition, and hope to those facing the harshest conditions right now.

Together, we can prevent this crisis from becoming a catastrophe.

👉 Donate now to Where Most Needed

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