UNICEF: Kenya drought threatens child health and survival

TURKANA, Kenya, 31 October 2008 Turkana district in northern Kenya is on the brink of disaster. There's been no rain for months, the forecast is grim and thousands of children are at risk.

Martha is a mother of six with her seventh on the way. In her small grass shelter, there's no food in the family store. Last night, she says, she borrowed some maize from a neighbor to feed her children, but this morning they went to school hungry.

She once had 30 goats in her corral, but all of them have died from a disease that has killed 2 million goats in the region.

Some agencies are buying diseased or weak goats for slaughter, and providing cash for families to replace their livestock or buy much-needed food. Food prices have skyrocketed here even higher than elsewhere in Kenya.

To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/kenya_46206.html

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[supergiirl452]

we have so much foood in this world and that foood needs to get to those countrys that need it bad. so they can get healthy and NOT kill innocent animals that are starving !!

[enelijit]

charislgd said oh my God they kill animals? stupid westerners where the heck do u think the chicken, beef or even your bacon you buy from grocery stores come from?

[smileyxoxo100]

why dont all the rich people around the world just stop thinking about wating there money for one minute and donate i cant believe the stupidity of rich people

[charislgd]

omg , they kill animals they are murderers

[WarzSchoolchild]

May God Bless your good work UNICEF,

Thank You!

[fromKG]

21 century, we still have that thing