ASSISTING COMMUNITIES in EMERGENCIES
KARE has a 3-tiered approach to assisting communities in emergencies: Emergency Humanitarian Aid response, Intermediate Interventions, and Long-term, Sustainable Solutions.
KARE provides immediate Emergency Humanitarian Aid and medical care to individuals and communities in times of severe crisis, such as famine during drought, to victims of violent attacks, and other urgent circumstances. KARE teams deliver food, clean water, medicine, and medical personnel to persons in imminent danger and crisis, to the most remote and most under-served regions of northern Kenya.
KARE'S Intermediate Interventions work to provide response to a rapidly changing environment and ecology by addressing current needs to help prevent emergency crisis form occurring. By providing, Camels, clean water, drought resistant crops in a Community Garden irrigated with gray water, renewable energy such as Solar Ovens (read about our Solar Oven Program here), and many other innovations that are environmentally compatible, we make a lasting difference in the lives of people most directly affected by climate change, which has been impacting the severity, length, and frequency of droughts in these regions.
For example, our Camel Project provides a camel to a family who could otherwise not afford one. Since camels survive well in harsh conditions and provide milk even during the most severe drought, this is a continuous source of liquid and protein during times of greatest need.
KARE'S Lasting Solutions projects help bring long-term, sustainable solutions to people and communities by addressing economic needs and providing advocacy and resources, such as providing clean water with wells using renewable solar and wind energy, helping to develop wildlife reserves and eco-tourism programs so communities can benefit from their own natural resources, providing microloans to individuals and small groups, supporting education and medical services, developing markets for traditional skills, and providing employment opportunities that supplement, not replace, traditional livestock economy through conservation programs such as habitat restoration projects and wildlife monitoring. By building capacity and giving communities new opportunities to provide for their own needs, they become empowered to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while preserving their cultural integrity and the lifestyle they treasure and are entitled to live.