To respond to the impacts of 2011 drought defined as one of the worst droughts in 60 years, UNDP Kenya partnered with the Canadian Development International Agency (CIDA) to implement a resilience building project. The main objective of the six month project was to strengthen the country preparedness mechanism at national and county level as well as promote approaches that will make dividends of humanitarian work more sustainable. A total of USD 94,000 was provided for this work.