Terrible Drought in Kenya
Kenya struggles with child mortality – 05 Oct 09
$40bn annually could help significantly reduce child mortality
Life dries up in Kenya’s Mau forest BBC News – 27th Sept 2009
some 20,000 families are facing eviction from their farms – accused of contributing to an ecological disaster
Drought cattle and anthrax threatens Nairobi Park | Baraza – 5th Sept 2009
There is great fear that some of the meat being sold in and around Kitengela and Ongata Rongai butcheries could be contaminated with anthrax, foot and mouth and east coast fever.
Kenya drought: Decision time UN – 3rd April 2009
Up to ten million people in Kenya could run short of food in the coming months, according to the government
Lush Land Dries Up, Withering Kenya’s Hopes – NYTimes.com 7th Sept 2009
A devastating drought is sweeping across Kenya, killing livestock, crops and children.
Hunger Mounts Amid Kenyan Drought | WFP – 14th Sept 2009
3.8 million Kenyans who are facing the bruising effects of drought
Kenya’s pain: famine, drought, government ambivalence cripples once stable nation
Personal Stories:
Thanks, Ben, for spreading the word on the drought in Kenya. These types of emergencies come on slowly and don’t really seem to make much headline news. The desperate conditions in Kenya have been building for months. Natural disasters, such as we’ve had recently, are sudden and devastate many lives in a very short space of time and get much more media attention.
Many thanks, Kiri
the drought situation in kenya has been one that i have never seen in this country since i was born some 29 years ago.i mean things were so bad that rivers that were permanet started drying up becaming streame, and the highlands of this nation which have never been dry, became patchy and completely dry.thankfully the short rainy season has started and things are beginning to change. but measures need to taken to upgrade the farming methods and we stop depending on rain.thank you.