Drought in Kenya: millions of dollars did not save pastoralists
Across the arid landscape of northern Kenya, road signs proclaim projects aimed at building 'resilience' among pastoral communities. This is a region where frequent droughts, animal diseases, insecurity and structural exclusion affect all pastoral livelihoods.
Resilience - the ability to transform or recover quickly from challenges - is the idea behind the many externally funded projects and hundreds of millions of dollars spent over the past decades. But it hasn't happened.
Drought in Kenya: millions of dollars did not save pastoralists
Title of publication: https://theconversation.com
Author: Tahira Shariff Mohamed
Other authors: Ian Scoones
Year: 2023
Country/ies: Kenya
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: https://theconversation.com/kenya-drought-pastoralists-suffer-despite-millions-of-dollars-used-to-protect-them-what-went-wrong-200838
Content language: English