This project aims to address food and other basic needs of the most vulnerable undocumented individuals in the Dadaab Refugee Camps. The consortium focuses on unregistered persons of concern who are new arrivals for provision of life-saving Multi-Purpose Cash Transfers (MPCT).

Project Duration : 8 months (1^st February – 30^th September 2023)

Consortium Members: ACTED, RRDO, IMPACT & DCA

Targeted beneficiaries: 822HHs

Dagahaley Camp

‘’ Life has been difficult, having three meals a day for us is a pipe dream, I have been hawking firewood and washing clothes for people to put food on the table for my family’’ she says.

“When I first received the Kshs. 11,108.00 I couldn’t believe my eyes. Never in my life had I dreamt of handling such a huge amount of cash at ago,’ shared Nurto Dahir Muhumed beamingly.

‘’I will continue investing part of the money that i will be receiving for the remaining cycles because i know this program is for a short period. I’m also planning to start a small business, that’s the plan i have in mind for my family. I’m trully grateful and thankful for this organization, without It, i dont know how my life could be looking like right now, it has been a huge relief for me. I request you to continue assisting us by adding more cycles of the Multi-Purpose cash assistance. May Allah bless you all. She concluded.

Dagahaley camp

‘’Having/living with three children who are albinos has not been easy for us. We face ridicule and discrimination from the community for having so many albino children. We have become so fearful and seldom to let our children out of peoples’ sight hence this prevents me from work errands to support the family with basic needs’’ She narrates

‘’This cash transfer program has trully changed my life positively i.e. i bought a matress and clothes for my children, I’m able to purchase food monthy and sun-screen lotion for my albino children because they need it when they go out for madrasa and also cater for their medication since albinism comes along with alot of health challenges due to pigmentation such as vision impairement ,sun-burns, e.t.c. ’She said.

 This MPCA has been a life changing program for Mboni Mberwa Abdikadir for it has helped her to prepare, prioritize and take care of her family based on their own preferences. It has supported them to address a wide range of needs such as clothing, food, education as well as healthcare costs.

Asked how her future with her family looks like, she says,

‘’For I know this program is for a short period of time, I’m planning to open a small vegetable kiosk business outside my compound. ’I have been doing some savings from the amount of money that i have been receiving from the last two cycles and I will continue to save enough capital for the business I plan to start’’. She added.

Dadaab Sub-County, Garissa County in Kenya

Hamaro dubat is a 42 year old woman from Hagardera, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa County  she is a one of the registered beneficiary of the unrestricted Multipurpose Cash transfer in the refugee camp of hagardera.She is a mother of 8 children i.e. 2 girls and  6 boys namely, Billow Adow, shukri Adow, Imran Adow, Bishar Adow  ,Mohamed Adow, Zakaria Adow and the girls are sumeya jamac and lobahan Adow.

 before the cash assistance Hamaro says

 “ I was a stay home mother before my husband was  working for us and bringing food to the table but now that the husband health deteriorated , insecurity and drought affected us thus  forced us to relocate to this refugee camp of hagardera in Dadaab constituency from Somalia” .

Hamaro continued narrating  “before the cash assistance life was really tough  with eight children it was really hard for my family I did not had an income  I did not had  the money to pay for the madarasa fees for my children and that was a big problem and we didn’t not had the money to purchase the food but now that I have received 4cycles of cash assistance I have started my own business of a vegetable kiosks where I am selling

Hamaro now has a kiosks in hagardera market where she is  a mama mboga and this is her business where she get her daily bread for her family 

“This my  business I have opened  up this business with the money I got from RRDO  and this truly helped me and my family in general  I truly feel better  and I am grateful to the RRDO and the donors and please continue helping the needy as you are doing now “

Hamaro Is a hardworking mother who truly loves her family  her husband is sick as of now and is in Nairobi for medication  purpose he was taken out of the refugees Camps to Nairobi by International rescue committee (IRC)