La Niña consortium is a consortium of 5 INGOs namely OXFAM, ACTED, VSF Germany, Concern Worldwide and Transparency International and their local partners who are responsible for implementing a resilience programme with the principal objective of contributing to the resilience of the population living in the Arid Lands of Kenya through Emergency Preparedness and Early Response. Oxfam is the lead agency and is responsible for coordination and overall accountability. Each consortium partner brings a varied experience and technical expertise and provides technical leadership within the consortium on their specialized thematic programming areas: Concern Worldwide - Nutrition and Surge models; VSF Germany - Animal Health and conflict prevention and mitigation; ACTED - Early Warning systems; Oxfam- Advocacy,Governance, WASH and Monitoring and Evaluation and TI - Accountability.