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Drought in northern Kenya brings a surprise: More girls in school
A Turkana woman carries hides skinned from goats he has lost to a biting drought that has ravaged livestock population in northern Kenya. Some hard-hit herder families in north-western Kenya are selling drought-threatened livestock and using the money - along with government cash payments - to keep girls in school. FILE PHOTO | AFP
In this part of northwest Kenya, one of the worst droughts in years has left the land littered with carcasses of dead livestock – even hardy camels.
Normally droughts here lead to the early marriage of girls, as pastoralist families look for dowry payments to help cushion the impact of livestock losses.
