Special Appeal for children displaced by drought

When we first started this project, droughts were a disaster that hit some years and other years were not so bad.  Now, drought is a way of life and, if you want to see the reality of climate change, just pay a visit to Africa.  Parts of Kenya now live with drought as a constant factor in already difficult lives.  Adjusting to the harsh day to day existence of life in constant drought is the new norm.

We see a constant influx to the southern towns and cities of Kenya from these regions of drought, particularly youths searching for escape and sometimes young families migrating south.  Kitale is a frontier town almost.  It is about 120kms from the dryer regions and have good rainfall, and is a growing town offering hope of jobs and food security.  Arrival in a new town, often without education or work skills brings a whole new set of challenges though and homelessness, hunger and life on the streets is all too common.  Even those who were preceded by friends or relatives whoay have found some work and have small homes, often in slums, have to find ways to contribute financially.  These youths are increasingly on our radar for our youth skills training programme.  That project is featured here on GlobalGiving.  Please refer there for more details on how we can help those displaced from their home areas. Soon, we will close the page on the drought project and focus more on that here on GlobalGiving.  Thank you for your help.