Kenya's National Technical Working Group on Anticipatory Action - coordinating forecast-based humanitarian preparedness across government and humanitarian partners.
Anticipatory Action (AA) is a short-term disaster risk management approach: acting on early warning and forecast information to protect vulnerable communities before a disaster's impacts fully unfold, rather than waiting for the emergency to hit and then responding. It depends on pre-agreed interventions - and pre-arranged funding - that are triggered when hazard forecasts cross defined probability thresholds.
Kenya's AA programme is built on a seven-pillar strategic framework coordinated through the National Disaster Risk Management Authority (NDRMA) and the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), bringing together government agencies, UN organisations, NGOs, and community structures.
The programme works nationwide, across all 47 counties, addressing the recurrent droughts, floods, and other climate-driven shocks that affect millions of people and billions in productive assets each year.
To protect the lives, livelihoods, and dignity of vulnerable communities in Kenya by ensuring timely, evidence-based, pre-emptive humanitarian action before disasters strike.
A resilient nation where anticipatory action is seamlessly integrated into national disaster risk management policies, strategies, and systems - a harmonised approach that empowers communities to proactively manage and mitigate the potential impacts of disasters.
The Kenya National TWG on Anticipatory Action was formalised in 2022 under the leadership of NDRMA and KRCS, building on years of forecast-based financing pilots by IFRC and partners. It is the first nationally-coordinated AA body in East Africa.
Organisations working on disaster risk and humanitarian response in Kenya are welcome to join the Technical Working Group.