HSNP emergency payment covered by the local media

A beneficiary receiving HSNP Emergency payment in Turkana North
Following the release of a total of 0.9 billion Kenyan shillings to 166,738 households (approx. 1,000,428 people) on 15^th April, 2015 across the four worst drought hit counties of Mandera, Wajir, Turkana and Marsabit, the local media has done some features on HSNP. The features shares about HSNP’s regular and the emergency payments as captured by journalists who interacted with HSNP beneficiaries in Turkana North.

The features are both on print and visual outlets. The stories focus on the impacts of HSNP as shared by the beneficiaries (the success stories) and challenges of implementing such an innovative programme in a very challenging context.

Find some of the features in the links below:

KTN’s HSNP feature in English:

http://www.kenyamoja.com/video.php?width=680&height=408&iframe=true&title=KTN-Turkana%20Is%20Yet%20To%20Come%20Out%20Of%20Poverty%20Five%20Years%20After%20End-Starvation-Programme&video=http://www.youtube.com/embed/LUwSiSdAWOg?autoplay=1&rel=0

KTN’s HSNP feature in Swahili:

http://www.kenyamoja.com/video.php?width=680&height=408&iframe=true&title=KTN-Makali%20Ya%20Baa%20La%20Njaa%20Turkana&video=http://www.youtube.com/embed/M97Tv2U-htc?autoplay=1&rel=0

People Daily feature of challenges that affect the delivery of HSNP

http://epaper.peopledaily.co.ke/?iid=118829#folio=24