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ACF’s nutrition programs provide treatment to children suffering from severe malnutrition. Photo courtesy: ACF-Kenya

Some 3.75 million Kenyans have been affected by drought and food shortages as the crisis in the Horn of Africa intensifies. ACF’s teams are scaling up emergency nutrition programs to help the estimated 50,000 to 65,000 children in need of treatment for deadly acute malnutrition, and our food security and water & sanitation programs are providing immediate relief for tens of thousands across the country. ACF is racing to expand its response before conditions deteriorate further.

Map of Kenya.
Global Hunger Index 
Serious
Population 
40 million
Malnutrition in Children under 5 Years Old 
16.4% in 2009
Beneficiaries 
75,828 in 2011
Impact  
As of July 2011, ACF's therapeutic nutrition programs have treated over 10,000 children for severe acute malnutrition.

 

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