By Khasandi | Program Officer
When we started working in Samburu, families heavily relied on livestock for survival. This has been a reason for constant conflict between Samburu, Trukan and Pokot communities in Northern Kenya. Bright children, including girls are forced to take care of livestock and hence denied a chance to attend school. That is why we have been working with local community groups to support such children.
Through our project, we have been working with mothers and families of the shepherd children to help them set up alternative income projects. We are ahppy that some of the families have staretd farming- planting crops and animal feed. We are working with them to semi- process the produce so that they can fetch more money on the market.
This is encouraging some of the families to start allowing their children to attend normal day time school. It is exactly the objective we wanted.
By Miller | Adminstration Assistant
By Miller Achevih | Adminstration Assistant
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