In drought-ridden Samburu county,support programmes are helping women to provide for their families and build communities’ resilience to climate changeOn a slope overlooking the rugged land of dry shrubs around Lolmusikopyi village in Kenya’s Samburu county, Christine Letooya is busy harvesting her crop.
Letooya plucks the ripe cobs of maize from between the papery leaves. Like all farmers, and she works long hours but at least this toil is secure – she used to be a pastoralist but armed raids by cattle rustlers persuaded the mother of four to change her way of life.
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Source: theguardian.com