by Jameel Observatory | May 18, 2022 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Community Jameel, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Oxfam, 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...
by Jameel Observatory | May 5, 2022 | Climate Change, Data, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Resilience
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...
by Jameel Observatory | Apr 21, 2022 | About, News, People
The Observatory is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Guyo Malicha Roba as Head of the Jameel Observatory, based at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya. He takes up his role this week, coinciding with the first face to face meeting...
by Jameel Observatory | Apr 14, 2022 | Eastern Africa, Kenya, Livestock, Partners, Projects, University of Edinburgh
The Jameel Observatory combines the local knowledge and concerns of communities facing on-the-ground threats of hunger with innovations in data science and humanitarian action; teaming up to devise solutions that can help predict, prepare for and overcome...
by Jameel Observatory | Feb 21, 2022 | Children, Climate Change, Community Jameel, Data, Data for Children Collaborative, Nutrition, Projects
Child wasting is a key Sustainable Development Goal target and indicator. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 47 million children were already wasted (a life-threatening form of malnutrition). However, in specific countries, survey results on wasting have a variance of...
by Jameel Observatory | Dec 24, 2021 | People
As part of its matchmaking approach that devises data-driven early action food security solutions for dry areas, the Jameel Observatory supports researchers looking for answers that pastoral communities can use to overcome climate changes. Observatory Affiliates...
by Jameel Observatory | Dec 17, 2021 | People
As part of its matchmaking approach that devises data-driven early action food security solutions for dry areas, the Jameel Observatory supports researchers looking for answers that pastoral communities can use to overcome climate changes. Observatory Affiliates...
by Jameel Observatory | Dec 10, 2021 | People
As part of its matchmaking approach that devises data-driven early action food security solutions for dry areas, the Jameel Observatory supports researchers looking for answers that pastoral communities can use to overcome climate changes. Observatory Students combine...
by Jameel Observatory | Nov 11, 2021 | Climate Change, Community Jameel, Drylands, Food Security, News
On 2 November, Community Jameel asserted its food security focus during an Observatory launch event at Goals House in Glasgow. Hosted by the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action and CLIMAVORE, a project by 2021 Turner Prize nominees Cooking Sections,...
by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 29, 2021 | Climate Change, Data, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Pastoralism, Resilience
The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action brings together leading research and humanitarian agencies to help tackle the growing threat to people in the world’s drylands posed by the increasing severity and frequency of climate-related disasters. As a first...