Executive Summary
Millions of people in the arid regions of the Horn of Africa face significant threats from the increasing severity and frequency of droughts, a result of dramatically decreased annual rainfall. The 2011 drought in East Africa caused food shortages for 10 million people and led to more than 260,000 deaths in Somalia alone. The recent 2016-2017 drought in Kenya resulted in three million people facing food insecurity.
Historic responses to drought are reactive and involve emergency assistance, which saves lives but then disappears when the immediate crisis dissipates. This cycle of drought emergencies in arid regions of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia can end. The solution is the Drought Resilience Impact Platform (DRIP), an international water security partnership of nonprofits, government, and research institutions. DRIP ensures that even when rains are deficient, water is available and drought emergencies no longer cause crises for people in the Horn of Africa. DRIP will empower institutions and communities to use evidence-based responses that maintain consistent, safe water availability.
Lead Organization
The Regents of the University of Colorado
website: https://www.colorado.edu/center/mortenson/Charity, fund, non-governmental organization, religious institution, school, or other entity
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Accomplishments
DRIP has incorporated carbon finance to pay for ongoing water security and water service delivery, funded by USAID, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Autodesk Foundation and Mortenson Construction.
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