Satellite Enablement for Disaster Risk Reduction (SatDRR) Kenya is prone to slow-onset natural disasters like
droughts, slow-onset natural disasters like droughts
and famine, and rapid-onset disasters like floods,
land/mudslides and disease outbreaks. Climate
change is leading to increases in both the frequency
and intensity of natural disasters, whilst population
growth, regional unrest and forced population
movement drives conflict. The recurrent nature of these
disasters in Kenya inherently affects the capacity of
communities to recover, which lowers economic output
and holds back development year on year.
Effective, well-organised and prepared responses
help mitigate the effects of disasters. Satellite systems
provide a secure, resilient, always-on infrastructure
in disaster situations – providing critical tools for
emergency communications and situation assessment.
Working with Government Agencies and the Red
Cross Society in Kenya, Avanti and its partners
will undertake a Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
development programme, which will use satellite
technology to improve Kenyan capacity to effectively
plan for and respond to disasters.
The project will support the development of Kenyan
Agencies and Responders by:
• Engaging with Kenyan partners to understand
their disaster management priorities, identify
solutions and embed capability through policy
support, knowledge transfer, specialist training and
field exercises.
• Building the capacity of Kenyan staff to prepare,
deploy and utilise satellite services for DRR.
• Provide a pilot platform for local actors to deploy
satellite communication and Earth Observation
services for DRR.
• Enhancing co-ordination, command and control of
disaster response at local, regional and national level Improved disaster resilience in Kenya using EO and Satcoms solutions