Strengthening Community Livelihoods is a five year programme funded by the Government of Australia through Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
While attending a press briefing organized by ActionAid International Kenya, I was very moved as I watched a Congolese woman, Jeanie Bandu break down in tears while sharing the experiences of women...
She was a victim of the food crisis that threatened the lives of millions of people across East Africa a year ago. To her, help came in time and she survived. I have met six-year-old Sadia Abdullah,...
Mwingi Cental, in Kitui County, Kenya locally referred as Ukambani, has over the years been known for recurrent droughts and crop failure. During last year’s drought season, Ukambani was the hardest...
Gitonga Johnson Steve is a happy man. For the three years that he has worked as the Local Project Advisor for the Kambi Sheikh Self Help group, in Isiolo county, Kenya he has seen his fellow...
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...
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...
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...
'Maji ni Uhai' - water is life. These were the words Samwel Njogu Munywa and his wife Gladys Muthoni greeted us with, as we entered their compound in Karudas village, Thego location in Kieni...
