The rivers are flowing and the grass is finally green in Kongelei, the pastoralist community in North Western Kenya. Here, I mostly meet women and children, as many men have left the villages in...
Every year, countries that have signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gather to discuss next steps on fighting the climate crisis. This year, 194 countries...
Parents’ approval of forced, under-age marriages and general acceptance of domestic violence and corporal punishment are major obstacles to girls in sub-Saharan Africa completing their primary...
There are so many things we take for granted, but not for the students of Makima Primary School who treasure their lunch meal exceptionally. The school lies in the Eastern parts of Kenya in Makima in...
The drought has forced Lonineo Sabaya (33) to give up life as a pastoralist on the plains of Northern Kenya. In order to earn money, he has been forced to take up a job as a guard and coal salesman,...
Sakota Guyo has witnessed years of cyclic droughts and the devastation that seeps in with them. He is sixty years old, and as people in other arid parts of Kenya queue for relief food to help them...
Sellina Narumbe is a pastoralist from Isiolo, northern Kenya. Reliant on her livestock for her survival, she has been hit hard by the ongoing drought sweeping parts of the country. Lack...
In any emergency, be it natural disaster or man-made, long- or short-term, people's lives are turned upside down. Knowing what's happening, where to go for assistance and who to call for help is...
Haretha Hussein, Chairlady of the Widows and Divorcees Association, an ActionAid supported women’s group in Ijara District, Kenya explains how her members have avoided the worst effects of the...
When 10-year-old Badasa Hussein’s dad ran away, he was left to look after his mother and four sisters. School meals are all that keep his family alive.
