Rural Development Floating on Water

Nyando is a county in Nyanza province (Kenya) with a population of 299,930 people. Its urban population is reported to be 10,055 people.

Kenya is among the world’s 30 poorest countries ranked 152 out of 177 countries on the 2006 Human Development Index (UNICEF ) in the poverty line. Nyanza province in Western Part of Kenya where our organization Dress Africa is operating is considered one of the most poorest provinces out of 8 provinces in Kenya with infant mortality rate of 206 per 1,000 live births in Nyanza Province (UNICEF). Out of an estimated 2.4 million orphans and vulnerable children in need of care and support, about 1.2 million are believed to be due to rising HIV/AIDS mortality. (UNICEF).

UNICEF reports puts Kenyans living below poverty line at 46% of its total population. This figure contributes to almost half of the population leaving on less than a dollar a day.
Nyanza has lately been ranked among the most poorest provinces in Kenya with the leading HIV AIDS pandemic at 15.3% This means that Nyanza is leading with death tolls due to HIV/AIDS infection and there is an ever bulging orphan rates that has been the root cause of poverty in this region.

Nyanza is prone to Malaria, a disease that claims lives in as short as 48 hours. Malaria kills a child somewhere in the world every 30 seconds. It infects 350-500 million people each year, killing 1 million, mostly children in Africa (UNICEF). Malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds and the majority of these children die within 48 hours of the onset of illness. Most malaria infections are caused by infection with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. (UNICEF)reports.

Nyando county is also prone to perennial floods that leaves hundreds of people homeless, internally displaced and to some extremes deaths have been reported. The floods are always followed by chains of challenges such as water bone diseases, Cholera, typhoid, Malaria, lack of infrastructure, homelessness, which triggers other extended challenges such as dropping out of school and loss of jobs.
Over the last two months, Dress Africa has supported in prayers and through basic needs Nyando people during floods that was caused by extended March-April rains. We would like to cordially thank all our supporters who prayed with us and above all who worked with us through your generous contributions. Special thanks to churches that we have partnered with and for the evangelical work that you are doing in this place.

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