Humanitarian response & community recovery · Completed
MRP
Mudslides Response Project
- Status
- Completed
- Project period
- January – June 2026
- Location
- Marakwet East, Elgeyo Marakwet County
MRP
Mudslides Response Project
Cash assistance and community-led recovery grants helped households in Marakwet East meet urgent needs and begin rebuilding after the November 2025 mudslides.
Our objective
Provide cash assistance to 200 affected households within three months and support five community groups to implement inclusive recovery initiatives within six months.
Purpose and approach
Our response
The emergency
On 1 November 2025, heavy rainfall triggered mudslides across Marakwet East, with Endoo Chesongoch, Embobut, Sambirir and Kibendo among the worst affected areas. The project summary records 34 lives lost, 1,498 households affected and 50 households displaced. Farmland, water systems, roads and community infrastructure were destroyed.
Working with communities
ADS North Rift implemented the six-month response from January to June 2026, funded by the Augustinus Foundation through DanChurchAid. Public barazas and verification with local leaders, chiefs, elders and the County Disaster Committee identified 200 of the most affected households, home to 1,575 people.
Priority went to female-headed households, families that lost breadwinners, households caring for persons with disabilities, elderly-headed households and those with displaced or orphaned children. Each household received KES 10,500 a month for three months through mobile money.
Funded by the Augustinus Foundation through DanChurchAid. Implemented by ADS North Rift with local leaders and the County Disaster Committee.
People reached and progress
Project results
- Households receiving cash assistance
- 200
- People in supported households
- 1,575
- Community groups supported for recovery
- 5
Cash assistance for urgent needs
KES 10,500 per household per month for three months
99.5% of households confirmed receipt of every transfer. Support helped families meet food, school, shelter repair, medical, debt, farming and small business needs.
Food and education
71% reported improved food consumption; 60% were able to pay school fees
Households could decide how to use their transfers according to their own priorities while recovering from the mudslides.
Safe and accountable assistance
99% felt safe collecting assistance; 99% were very satisfied
No household reported paying a fee or providing a favour to be registered for assistance. Community verification and feedback supported an accountable response.
Community-led recovery
Five groups; micro grants of KES 200,000–300,000 per group
Groups designed, costed and implemented their own initiatives with mentoring from ADS North Rift. Members trained in proposal writing, financial accountability and governance, and every group opened and operated its own community bank account.
From the field
The work in pictures
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Looking ahead
The response met its objectives, but recovery is still incomplete. Families remain economically fragile after losing land, livestock and homes. Psychosocial support, counselling, livelihood recovery, land restoration and disaster risk reduction remain priorities. ADS North Rift continues alongside these communities, county government, church structures and partners.
Funding, technical expertise and partnerships can help communities sustain this progress.