Already navigating the coronavirus pandemic and the worst invasion of desert locusts for more than 25 years, parts of East Africa are now being devastated by flooding.
Heavy rains over the last month have led to overflowing rivers and lakes and mudslides, with Kenya particularly impacted.
"It's a bit of a triple whammy really with Covid, locusts, floods, and it's happening more and more often which is our primary concern," Cousins told CNBC via telephone from Nairobi. Wekhomba added that thousands of displaced people had been forced to move into the houses of friends or relatives, or into makeshift camps in vacant schools, which presents new challenges to social distancing in the age of Covid-19.
"There is a need to support these communities in terms of knowing how to handle their shocks and bounce back to their normal lives." A single Desert Locust swarm, which can contain up to 150 million insects per square kilometer, is capable of eating as much food in a day as 35,000 people. It is thought to be the most destructive migratory pest in the world.
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