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KENYA-DROUGHT-FARMING
TO GO WITH STORY KENYA-DROUGHT-FARMING BY Francois AUSSEILL
Farmers from the region carry food ratio handouts from the World Food Program at a distribution spot near Nanyuki on August 18, 2009. In Kenya a bruising and recurring drought is driving huge numbers of subsistence farmers away from rural areas, where they are increasingly reliant on hand-outs, into congested slums. Lucy Gathigia Mahinda, a farmer of 52, has held out so far. She is still on her land but is reduced to receiving food aid and even with that can only feed her seven children once a day. That meal consists of corn donated by the UN food agency, washed down with tea. She is deeply ashamed of her reliance on aid, but recognises that after four failed rainy seasons, she has no option. "It's shameful and a bit degrading for a strong person with land to continue lining up and begging for food to survive. I have no choice at the moment," she told AFP in Nyariginu village in Laikipia district. AFP PHOTO/Tony Karumba
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Nanyuki, 109, KENYA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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TONY KARUMBA |
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19 August 2009 |
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4200 x 2795 (1.27 MB) |
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