Stories of women using HSNP cash transfer to invest in small scale businesses continue being covered by the media. On 6th June 2015, NTV shared a feature of the Rendille women from Laisamis, Marsabit who are benefitting from HSNP on how they are using the cash to improve their livelihood. What the feature on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNHbOARvP1I
Lekutan Lemarote and his wife at their shop at Komote village in Marsabit HSNP Success story was featured yesterday on the Standard online newspaper of 8th June 2015.
Recipients say receiving this money has transformed their lives and they no longer want the unpredictable relief food which they used to receive. For Galaho Buroya, Kulamo Ogom and Sabthiyo Idris of Milimani Centre in Kargi township, who are all widows with a total of 22 children, the money has not only taken away the pain of losing their breadwinners but also allowed them to pay fees, buy household goods, build iron sheet-roofed houses and engage in business.
Ngikalei Amoton, a HSNP beneficiary from Namadak, Turkana NorthWhen the government of Kenya began giving cash instead of food aid to poor people in Kenya's drought-stricken North Eastern region, the aim was to help them buy food more efficiently and conveniently. But the cash-transfer programme has had an unexpected effect: Most of the recipients of the cash have used it to start small businesses, which they see as the best way of adapting to increasingly tough climatic conditions.
Here is the full story as covered by a Reuter's journalist http://www.trust.org/item/20150511054312-ujp78
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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 15th 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:
KTN’s HSNP feature in Swahili:
People Daily feature of challenges that affect the delivery of HSNP
http://epaper.peopledaily.co.ke/?iid=118829#folio=24
PaymentHSNP has released a total of 0.9 billion Kenyan shillings to 166,738 households (approx. 1,000,428 people) on 15th April, 2015 across the four worst drought hit counties of Mandera, Wajir, Turkana and Marsabit. It is a first for Kenya and the region to do at this scale.
On 15th April 2015, HSNP released a one off Kshs.416,710,700.00 shock responsive cash transfers to 90,648 households (approx. 543,888 people) bank accounts across the four poorest and drought hit Counties as emergency drought response measure. Further on 5th May 2015, an additional Kshs.447,496,150.00 will be released to 76,090 households who are regular HSNP beneficiaries in the four Counties.
Credible international meteorological reports shows that the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) of January-March 2015, the vegetation cover was deteriorating substantially in parts of the four counties (Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera and Turkana) reached by HSNP.“Timely delivery of cash transfers in response to drought emergencies has proven to be more effective as it provides flexible assistance on how a household chooses to cope with the drought situation. It also provides dignity to these households.” James Oduor.
“We believe this quick intervention and of this magnitude will provide a form of safety net that will cushion thousands of people from the current drought and further sinking into poverty by adapting harmful coping strategies such as selling of assets,” says James Oduor.
Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya, guarantees all Kenyans their economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights. It asserts the “right for every person to social security and binds the State to provide appropriate social security to persons who are unable to support themselves and their dependants.”
Read: PRESS RELEASE ON HSNP EMERGENCY PAYMENTS
Read: HSNP emergency payment as covered by online Daily Nation
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