Meet Dida, from Moyale. Like many pastoralist families, Dida’s livelihood was built around livestock. However, repeated and prolonged droughts wiped out all his animals, leaving his household without food, income, or stability. To survive, he turned to charcoal burning and firewood collection as a coping mechanism.
Before the family could recover, heavy rains and flooding struck. One night, floodwaters swept away one of the two houses in Dida’s compound, the house where his three sons lived. Built from mud and wooden stumps, the structure collapsed when its foundation gave way. The loss forced the entire family to crowd into one remaining house, creating serious challenges around privacy, safety, and dignity, especially for growing boys and girls sharing the same space.
Through the Kenya Cash Consortium project, funded by
@eu_echo and implemented through
@acted_kenya, Dida received cash assistance that allowed him to respond to his family’s most urgent needs. He chose to rebuild a house for his sons on higher ground, investing about KES 12,000 in labour and locally available materials. The new semi-permanent structure restored privacy and safety while reducing future flood risk. The remaining funds helped him meet basic household needs and keep his children in school.
“Rebuilding this house gave my family back our dignity,” Dida shares.
This support did more than rebuild a home, it restored dignity, protected children, strengthened resilience, and gave the family a chance to recover with choice and control. It shows how flexible cash assistance enables climate-affected families to prioritize what matters most and rebuild safer, stronger futures.
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