Danish Refugee Council

Rift-Valley

The main objective of these projects has been to provide basic shelter and encourage peaceful coexistence between the returning IDPs and the resident communities in the affected areas. DRC completed the implementation of the first phase of the shelter programme which was complemented with water and sanitation activities in 2009. After having successfully implemented 3900 shelters in 2009 and 1603 shelter in 2010 for returning IDPs in Molo District, DRC is currently constructing 2417 shelter in Uasin Gishu District, through a project referred to as „The Restoration Of Farm In-frastructure And Rural Livelihoods Project in partnership with the Government of Kenya‟s Ministry of State for Special Programmes (MoSSP). The project is funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Shelter
DRC is undertaking a project - the Restoration of Farm Infrastructure and Rural Livelihoods Project to provide shelter for the victims of post-election violence in the Molo and Eldoret area, while also addressing peace and reconciliation among the communities in the area.

Peace building
Peace building activities are undertaken in partnership with the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) to ensure healing and peaceful coexistence among the communities in the rift valley province, which is among the areas hardest hit by the post-election violence.