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Goal: Invest in humanitarian aid for communities devastated by flooding.
Regions of Kenya have experienced unprecedented flooding in the last year, with rainy seasons extending far beyond their normal reach. This ongoing natural disaster, fueled by the overheating Indian Ocean, has caused a humanitarian crisis on several fronts. Hundreds of thousands are at imminent risk.
Over a span of just a few months, nearly a quarter of a million people were displaced from their homes near the source of the flooding: Lake Victoria. Entire villages were consumed by the rising waters. Even those families who could remain in their homes have still suffered immensely. With crops and farmlands destroyed, a sizeable portion of the 84 percent of Kenyans who live paycheck-to-paycheck were left without a consistent income, causing widespread poverty. Clogged dams and cut-off river sources impacted power and threatened water supplies. And the relentless waters have decimated sanitation standards and inc