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...
Even with all the stand-offs, mistrust and sharp differences of opinion on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that continue to mar this year’s climate summit in Durban, some of the people who are...
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...
As I sit down to write this post, I have just arrived at the Tanzanian / Malawi border. A journey of 1,600 Kilometers and Malawi just like other African countries is not exempt from the effects of...
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...
Fourteen year-old Martha Cherop is in standard four at Kongleai Primary School, West Pokot, in Kenya’s Rift Valley. The ongoing drought and food crisis affecting the country meant that she struggles...
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,...
