KENYA: Insuring Pastoralists Against Increasing Risks

Reported by IPS on Thursday, 4 February 2010 (on February 4, 2010)

NAIROBI, Feb 4 (IPS) - The droughts in the Turkana region were less severe when she was growing up, says Laura Letapalel, and pastoralists could still find some grass and water for their animals. Now, she laments, the droughts are longer and there is nothing to eat.

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