3.1. Immediate Responses to Displacement

In any kind of situation obviously what kind of responses, the immediate response how people cope up to this kind of shocks and distress. One is move to the host families and some of them, they tend to move to their host families or like people who are migrants from different places, they go back to their places, setup spontaneous camps in police stations and churches.

During a crisis, people often face immediate uncertainty and distress. The first response for many is to seek safety with relatives or friends, known as moving to 'host families.' Others may return to their hometowns or set up makeshift camps in safe spaces such as police stations and churches. These locations are chosen because they often offer a degree of protection from violence, and can provide some basic needs such as security and shelter.

Think about a time when a natural disaster struck your town, like a hurricane. Many families might have taken refuge with relatives or friends who live nearby. Others might have gathered in community centers that serve as emergency shelters. Just like that situation, victims of political violence in Kenya sought refuge with host families or in public places where they felt safer.

Many sought to move to their ancestral homes in Nyanza, Western and Central Provinces. So, they go back to their parental homes or their ancestral homes, so in that way, they could able to be secured themselves for some time.

In times of crisis, many individuals feel a strong need to return to their roots for emotional and physical safety. This often means moving back to ancestral homes in safer regions. By reuniting with family and friends in familiar places, individuals hope to find security and a sense of belonging while waiting for conditions to improve.

Consider how people often return to their hometowns during holidays to reconnect with family. In a situation of crisis, this desire intensifies, as familiar surroundings and loved ones provide comfort and safety. Just as someone might return home after being away for a long time, people in Kenya sought to return to their ancestral areas for refuge.

What you can see is about the big circles here what you are seeing is it’s about more than 30,000 people have been internal displaced populations and this is the size of the circle gives the shows of between 10,000 to 30,000 is the medium range and below less than 1000 is the smaller, it is entire IDP’s.

The reference to 'big circles' refers to a visual representation of data showing the scale of internal displacement. More than 30,000 individuals experienced displacement due to the violence. These circles help illustrate the magnitude of the crisis and categorize groups by size—medium-sized groups between 10,000 and 30,000 people, and smaller groups of less than 1,000 people. This information highlights the extensive impact of political violence on the population.

Imagine a school gymnasium filled with people. If that gym can comfortably fit about 1,000 people, and you see it filled to capacity with friends and families who fled their homes, the image helps you grasp how massive groups of displaced individuals are congregating in specific areas seeking help.

So, after this kind of Rebel groups forcing them and destroying the properties and attacking the people. So, this has caused a huge social destruction. In response to displacement, temporary shelters were established, including Pygmy kind of shelters or conical shelters with the plastic sheet or the tarpaulin sheets.

The aftermath of violence leads to significant social destruction, and as communities struggle with the immediate effects of displacement, temporary shelters emerge as a critical solution. These shelters can take various forms, such as simple conical structures made from available materials like plastic sheets or tarpaulins. The aim is to provide people with some degree of shelter and security while they navigate their uncertain futures.

Think of a camping trip where you need to quickly set up tents to provide shelter from rain or cold. The urgency in such situations mirrors the need for temporary shelters for displaced people, who must have a basic form of protection from the elements while they try to figure out their next steps.

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