Stories from Lodwar · Kenya

More than 1.7 million people across northern Kenyan counties require humanitarian assistance to survive. Livestock populations are collapsing as pastures disappear, with one resident reporting a loss of 45 goats from an original herd of 50. Residents in affected areas have expressed an urgent need for immediate assistance. Pasture disappearance and lack of food for animals are driving the humanitarian crisis. Families are experiencing severe food insecurity, with some individuals going up to five days without proper meals. Humanitarian food distributions that previously assisted during dry seasons have recently ceased or become unavailable. Affected residents are forced to search scrub land for wild food to survive. Waterholes have shrunk or disappeared and pasture has failed to regenerate across large stretches of land.