2. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
It’s not a good year for jobs in non-governmental organizations
Daadab Camp: 10,000 jobs are at risk if Kenya closes the Daadab camp. This is because the closure will result in an annual loss of Ksh 10bn in foreign currency inflows. Jobs will be lost on security, transport, retail, education and engineering as well as aid jobs through about 30 UN agencies
NGO sector not good: a report by recruitment agency CSS, shows that NGOs are cutting back jobs because of loss of funding from the European Union
But Think Water: at the end of March, Kenya and the Nature Conservancy launched Africa’s first water fund in a public-private partnership aimed at raising $1.3 billion. The fund will invest in agroforestry, drip irrigation, terracing and planting vegetation on riverbanks. Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement is the first receipt of the fund money so if you are interested in conservation work, look out for jobs by the GBM