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Cologne/Marsabit. Malteser International is strengthening its team in Kenya with a new emergency relief coordinator. Ute Kirch started working today in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. From there, she will coordinate the transport of food and medicine for drought victims in the Marsabit district in north-eastern Kenya. She will also meet with state authorities and other organisations in order to proof additional ways in which Malteser International can provide aid.
On Monday, Kirch will arrive in Marsabit District. There, Malteser International will distribute food and medicines to the needy with help from its local partner, the Marsabit diocese. The diocese runs around 80 per cent of the region’s health care centres.
Malteser International has been active in Kenya for 10 years and currently has around 40 staff members on site.
Attention Editors: Ute Kirch, Malteser International’s emergency relief coordinator in Kenya, is temporarily available for interviews. Contact through Malteser International’s headquarters at +49 (0) 221 98 22-169
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