Lead organisation: MercyCorps
Local partners
- Crescent Takaful Sacco (CTS)
- Medicina Chemicals Ltd
- Kalif import and export plc
International partners
- TANGO International
- Economic Intelligence Unit
MercyCorps became a catalyst for transformation in the livestock market system, increasing resilience for hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable people in one of the most shock exposed places in the world: the Horn of Africa. The project helped livestock owners manage their assets and livelihood risks while simultaneously increasing their household-level productivity and wealth. The project aimed to benefit 50,000 vulnerable households. Click here to download the solution statement.
Key achievements
- 23,711 beneficiaries reached through the Mufugo Kash Kash (MKK) pilot in Wajir County. By forging new linkages between market actors, the scheme was designed to support improved market function and enhanced resilience to future drought among the livestock system.
- As of the end of the program CTS disbursed USD 124,940 in loans.
- MKK Mudharaba product underwent field testing ending in Sept 2017; learning from that testing informed the redesign of the product (MKK Murabaha); CTS began field testing MKK Murabaha in late November.
- Though there was insufficient time to fully test the new product design and achieve Phase 3 – Mercy Corps will continue to partner with CTS through mid-2019 through an extension of the BRACED program.
- Mercy Corps performed an assessment of relevant national- and county-level policies on the livestock market system.