Kenya: KENYA PROGRAMME MANAGER- SHIFTING THE POWER PROJECT

Shifting the Power project'sobjective is to strengthen the capacity of at least 15 national and local humanitarian partner organisations for decision-making and leadership in humanitarian preparedness and response. This is a consortia programme implemented by 6 Partners: ActionAid, CAFOD, Oxfam, Tearfund, ChristianAid,and****Concern Worldwide.****

The Start Network is a consortium of 19 leading humanitarian NGOs, collaborating to strengthen civil society to improve humanitarian assistance. The collaboration represents a node in an international civil society network which extends to over 6000 organisations, working in over 200 countries and territories. The long term vision is to strengthen civil society’s pro-active capacity to respond and prepare for crises, to transform the way NGOs approach capacity building, and to foster innovation through collaborative working. These objectives aim to help civil society adapt and respond to the growing demands of the future.

With support from the Department for International Development (DFID) through the visionary Disasters Emergency Preparedness Programme (DEPP) and in partnership with the Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities Network (CDAC-N) the Start Network is launching an ambitious suite of projects designed to develop decentralised approaches to capacity building and to improve the quality and speed of humanitarian response in countries at risk of natural disaster or conflict related humanitarian emergencies.