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Caritas dam protects Kenyans against drought

8/08/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Food, Food waste, Kenya by Caritas Communications

By David Snyder As if the cracked earthen floor of the Kwa Kivanga dam is not reminder enough of the drought gripping Kenya, the long waits for water make memories of last year’s plenty that much more painful. Just one year ago, this pond in Kenya’s drought-stricken Eastern Province helped feed a nearby borehole with ...

Caritas project brings water to drought-stricken community in Ethiopia

3/08/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

By David Snyder His thinning white hair dyed orange in the traditional local style, Aden Esse Kan stands amid the swirling dust clouds of eastern Ethiopia, eager to talk about the drought that now plagues this region. An elder in the village of Togo Wuchale, a dusty half hour drive from the town of Jijiga, ...

Hunger in Kenya and how to stop it

28/07/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Food, Kenya, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

The land is barren, the animals are dead, the people are starving. This is one face of northern Kenya in July 2011. “The famine started last year,” says Ellela from the village of Lokitaung. “There were no rains last year or this year. We have had drought for two years. If there are no people ...

Food crisis in East Africa

14/07/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

Caritas members are responding to a growing humanitarian crisis in East Africa and the Horn of Africa. The worst droughts in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in 60 years have left at least 10 million people in need of aid. Half of those are children. Tanzania and the new state of South Sudan are experiencing serious ...

Drought in East Africa: Kenya’s cattle dying

12/07/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Food, Kenya, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

The rolling mountains in the distance are known locally as Louwa Le Ukinchu, or Cattle Mountains. For generations, people have travelled there to find water and pasture for their animals. But today, the streams that run down Cattle Mountains are dry. Most families in Isiolo, 300 kilometres north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, are pastoralists: ...