New Zealander Janna Hamilton spent two weeks in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, near the border with Somalia. Janna was the Humanitarian Media Officer for Oxfam International, the coalition of 15 Oxfam affiliates from around the world. In Dadaab, Janna saw first hand the food crisis and famine that is affecting people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya – as well as Oxfam’s effort to save lives and make families less vulnerable to future crises.
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| Janna is Oxfam’s international spokesperson, reporting live from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. |
New Zealander Janna Hamilton spent two weeks in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, near the border with Somalia.
Janna was the Humanitarian Media Officer for Oxfam International, the coalition of 17 Oxfam affiliates from around the world.
In Dadaab, Janna saw first hand the food crisis and famine that is affecting people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya – as well as Oxfam’s effort to save lives and make families less vulnerable to future crises.
Dadaab is the largest refugee camp in the world, with 400,000 occupants and 1500 more arriving every day. In the camp, Oxfam is keeping survivors alive by providing water, stopping the spread of disease by building toilets and offering basic sanitation education, and helping people get back on their feet through cash-for-work programmes.
- Janna’s op-ed in the New Zealand Herald
August 13, 2011
“The world must wake up to the injustice of famine” - Janna is interviewed on Campbell Live
August 11, 2011
Includes video footage that Janna shot of Oxfam’s water hygiene and sanitation work in the camp. - An interview on Auckland’s bFM
August 9, 2011 - Janna’s blog from Dadaab: Giving women a voice in emergencies
August 5, 2011
Oxfam meets with groups of women on the outskirts of the IFO camp, offering them a unique opportunity to talk openly about what they need to make their lives here a little more comfortable.. 
“More than 1,000 arrive everyday”
Radio New Zealand Morning Report, August 4, 2011
Janna and Oxfam’s Executive Director Barry Coates feature in this news item from Radio New Zealand.- Call for more government help with drought crisis
New Zealand Herald, August 4, 2011
Explaining why it is so important for governments to act now. - Deadly drought’s impact shocking
Dominion Post, August 3, 2011
Janna is interviewed for the Dominion Post and struggles to believe her eyes as people trek into the camps.
Live tweets
You can follow Janna live from Dadaab on 
Twitter at:
Video reports
BBC News 24, 4th August
In this clip Janna is interviewed from Dadaab on BBC News – note that in this clip her interview starts at 45 seconds.
Audio reports
Listen to Janna’s audio reports from Kenya.
Photos
Take a look at Janna’s photos from Dadaab. They show how Oxfam is using your donations to provide life-saving drinking water and sanitation to the people who need it most.
About Janna
Janna was in Samoa 48 hours after the devastating tsunami that struck in 2009, helping to reach affected families, gathering stories about survivors and the work to rebuild their lives, and giving interviews for international media. She is a former print journalist with experience on radio and television. From the Haiti earthquake to the Pakistan floods, Janna has helped to share stories of resilience from some of the world’s poorest people for the past five years.
