Community engagement, agenda setting and research the main focus of Jameel Observatory’s first year

Community engagement, agenda setting and research the main focus of Jameel Observatory’s first year

by | Aug 31, 2022 | About, Climate Change, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, News, Projects

In September 2021, the University of Edinburgh and partners launched the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action – the Observatory. Involving the University of Edinburgh through its Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, Save the Children UK, the...
Anticipatory action to mitigate drought-induced crises: Learning from Kenya and Somalia

Anticipatory action to mitigate drought-induced crises: Learning from Kenya and Somalia

by | Jun 17, 2022 | Anticipatory Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Kenya, News, Research, Save the Children, Somalia, University of Edinburgh

In May, Save the Children and Oxfam in partnership with the Jameel Observatory launched the ‘dangerous delay 2 report’ calling for urgent action to tackle the catastrophic hunger crisis in East Africa. It also called for governments, humanitarian agencies and other...
Delayed actions against drought and hunger cost lives

Delayed actions against drought and hunger cost lives

by | May 18, 2022 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Community Jameel, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Oxfam, Research, Save the Children, Somalia

Ten years on from the 2012 Dangerous Delay report that examined the costs of late response to the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa, millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia once again face hunger and famine. To save lives now, Oxfam, Save the Children and...
Early action priorities the focus of Observatory’s first community of practice meeting

Early action priorities the focus of Observatory’s first community of practice meeting

by | May 5, 2022 | Climate Change, Coordination, Data, Dialogues, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Financing, Food Security, Local Knowledge, Resilience, Trust

The Horn of Africa is in the middle of another drought that is disastrous to millions of people living in pastoral areas. The early signs were clear way back in 2020 but the humanitarian response will, as so often, only kick in once the crisis is at its peak and lives...