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The buy canada goose jacket cheap well has become an oasis in the impoverished drylands of eastern Africa where charities say back to back droughts are threatening the lives of millions of children.
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As a result, herders can bring home their livestock every day to drink water, which they say is a blessing.
is usually a disaster when animals are taken miles away from home in search of pasture and water because most of our children depend on milk for survival and if there is no milk, it could mean death for them, said Jacinta Akiru, a 65 year old mother of five from Lokore.
The Kenya Red Cross Society last month predicted the number canadagooseparkasoutlet canada goose of Kenyans without enough to eat would almost double by April to 2.4 million from 1.3 million, mainly in the country north and along the coast.
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The herders used to spend weeks or even months away from home in drought periods, looking for water and pasture. They often returned to find their children, left behind with relatives, were malnourished or even dead.
That changed when a solar pump and water tanks were installed in 2013, with the help of international NGO Veterinaires Sans Frontieres Germany.
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He used to trek with herds of livestock more than 30 kilometres across the border to Uganda Karamoja area in search of water and pasture.
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Households pay 300 Kenyan shillings ($3) a month for water 100 Kenyan shillings ($1) for domestic use, and 200 Kenyan shillings ($2) for animal access.
The money pays for maintenance and two watchmen to guard the facility day and night.
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