by Jameel Observatory | Feb 1, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Drought, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Resilience, Save the Children, Somalia
Our partner Save the Children UK seeks proposals for research services to understand what anticipatory action looks like in a protracted food crisis (Kenya and Somalia). Download the full request for proposals here – deadline is 15 February 2023 Save the Children has...
by Jameel Observatory | Dec 9, 2022 | About, Anticipatory Action, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Pastoralism, Save the Children, Somalia, University of Edinburgh
People in drylands sometimes associate humanitarian aid workers with vultures – noticing that they arrive around the same time when animals have already died and the response is too late. A more promising approach is to anticipate droughts and other shocks,...
by Jameel Observatory | Nov 2, 2022 | Data, Drought, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Livestock
Data and information drive early warning systems that alert policy makers and communities to emerging food and climate shocks. For communities in arid and dry areas of East Africa, livestock are a critical asset, providing food and livelihoods as well as being...
by Jameel Observatory | 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...
by Jameel Observatory | Aug 15, 2022 | Anticipatory Action, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Kenya, News, Somalia
Four consecutive seasons of failed rains have ruined people’s lives and livelihoods in parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. A record-breaking fifth below average season is now in the offing, which will push needs even higher by the end of the year....
by Jameel Observatory | Jun 17, 2022 | Anticipatory Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Kenya, News, 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...
