Good news in Kenya's drought

People who depend on annual rains for their livelihood are in desperate straits when rain is late, or doesn't fall at all.

In the spring of 2006, rain had not fallen for months in the northern Kenya.  An area that should have been green had turned to desert.  The semi-nomadic population had lost around 70% of livestock, and faced starvation.

Feed The Children provided food, water and other essentials to the 10,000 people living around Kargi, a remote village in northern Kenya.

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