Maasai herders

For hundreds of years, Maasai herders have roamed with their cows in search of pasture and water, a lifestyle uniquely adapted to dry lands. But the current drought is the worst in living memory - three long years without rain [CAFOD]

Mutindi Maithya with her youngest child

Mutindi Maithya with her youngest child. A farmer and mother of seven, she is one of many families whose land is barren after four long years without rain [CAFOD]

Nkutayio Lenatuwaki with other women from Ndigir

Nkutayio Lenatuwaki (centre) with other women from Ndigir community, collecting water from a well 15km away in a dry river bed. Through our partner the Diocese of Marsabit, we have built a dam closer by that will provide water [Thomas Omondi]

Kenya drought

Life is becoming increasingly difficult for Kenya's nomadic herding communities [Thomas Omondi]

Kenyan school

The financial crisis is sucking children across Africa out of school, taking away their futures and their right to flourish [CAFOD]

Helping those most at risk from devastating drought

Helping those most at risk from devastating drought [Alessandra Magri/CAFOD]

Margaret, hard-working mother-of-six

Margaret, 37, a hard-working mother-of-six buying vegetables. "I go far to Kariobangi market for greens, 25 minutes walk away, for cheaper vegetables. The vegetables here are too expensive"

Margaret from Kenya

Millions of people such as Margaret spent years working their way out of poverty, only to be knocked down again by the financial crisis [Frederic Courbet/CAFOD]

Kibera-youth-slums

We use radio, sports and theatre to work with young people living in the slums, such as Felix Oduor, searching for peaceful and productive alternatives [CAFOD]

Nkutayo Lenatuwaki

Supporting communities facing recurring drought, such as Nkutayo Lenatuwaki [CAFOD]

Kepha Ngito (right) and Alice Ahenda

Kepha Ngito (right) and Alice Ahenda

Gabriel Murwa and his wife with their last remaining cow.

Gabriel Murwa and his wife with their last remaining cow from a herd of 100. The others have all died. [Richard Wainwright]

Lilian Mori

Lilian Mori [James Fraser]

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Floods in Kenya in 2006: villagers are having to adapt to more volatile weather [REUTERS/ Alertnet /DAUD YUSSUF]

Kenya floods Nov 06

Floods in Kenya in 2006: villagers are having to adapt to the effects of more volatile weather [REUTERS/ Alertnet /DAUD YUSSUF]

Sidani Fuketi and Susan Nduku

Sidani Fuketi, 66 and Susan Nduku, 48 spent two nights in a tree after this river burst its banks and swept away their homes. They are now sheltering in a disused office building [Tara Burke]

Man looking at house

A man looks at a flooded house along the River Tana, at Webi Village, in north east Kenya [REUTERS/Alertnet /DAUD YUSSUF]

Dan Owino, HIV counsellor

Dan Owino, HIV counsellor, declared his own positive status live on air at Radio Waumini [CAFOD]

Just one world

Just one world - CAFOD's team arrives in Nairobi [CAFOD]

WFTL (World Forum for Theology and Liberation)

Spirituality groups from around the world congregate at the WFTL (World Forum for Theology and Liberation) [CAFOD]

Kibera slum

Visiting the Kibera slum shows the huge contrasts between the scale of poverty and the pockets of extreme wealth in Nairobi, Kenya [CAFOD]

World champion runner Paul Tergat

World champion runner Paul Tergat (left) meets inhabitants of the Korogocho slum just before the start of the World Social Forum slum marathon in Nairobi [CAFOD]

Woman in camp

A woman in the Moi airbase camp for displaced people in Nairobi [Boniface Mwangi]

Lilian

Lilian Ramogo helps children who have been traumatised by the violence in Kenya through play therapy. [Boniface Mwangi]

A local nutritionist assesses Muthakye Mothui

A local nutritionist assesses Muthakye Mothui for her level of malnutrition and to see if she is improving [CAFOD]

Sindio Kiberi

Sindio Kiberi (left), aged 40, lost three-quarters of her herd in the 2006 drought [Georgina Cranston]

Eva Darare

Eva Darare works with CAFOD partner the Diocese of Marsabit, supporting both men and women through gender development initiatives [Georgina Cranston]

Ogichoya Kimogol, 20, single mother

Ogichoya Kimogol, 20, has survived as a single mother in the Rendille tribe of northern Kenya for the past three years [Georgina Cranston]

Drought villagers

Women from a nomadic community vulnerable to drought who have learned new ways of earning money - in this case, selling animal medicines. [Georgina Cranston]

HIV couple

Sr Helen Kisolo with Lucy and Michael, a Kenyan couple living with HIV [Jane Lennon]

Ann and Lucy - HIV community volunteer

Ann, 19, (left) had been training as a dressmaker but had to leave before taking her final exams due to financial problems and also the need to take care of her parents who are both HIV positive [CAFOD]

Tom

Tom with two of his children [CAFOD]

Tom and children

Tom Onyango campaigns to end the custom of wife inheritance, which puts people at risk of contracting HIV [CAFOD]

John and family

John with two of his children and the family goat [CAFOD]

Extended family

John and Turiro (centre) with their extended family and Sister Mary (far right) in the garden of their home [CAFOD]

Martha Munyao, 38, mother of two

Martha Munyao, 38, mother of two [CAFOD]

Boats assisting people

Boats are assisting people to save their possessions from high waters in Budalangi, Western Kenya (September 2007) [CAFOD]

Boy eats corn inside a shelter for displaced people

A boy eats corn inside a shelter for displaced people in Nairobi, following the post-election turmoil in December 2007 [REUTERS/Antony Njuguna, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Linet Atieno Awinda

Linet Atieno Awinda, 39, has been living outside the local police station, along with 44 other families, mostly women and children, since the election violence [CAFOD]

Kenyan women lay down flowers

Kenyan women lay down flowers after a peaceful demonstration at Nairobi's Freedom Corner against the violent unrest following elections, January 2008 [REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Ogichoya Kimogol, 20

Ogichoya Kimogol, 20, survived as a single mother in the Rendille tribe of northern Kenya thanks to CAFOD partner the Diocese of Marsabit which helped set up her own business [Georgina Cranston]

Irene Kagunda

Irene Kagunda, aged ten, is the daughter of Joyce Nyawira, a small business woman who runs a kiosk. Joyce got a loan from CAFOD partner SUDA to expand her business [Annie Bungeroth]

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Schoolchildren writing in class at Undugu Society School, Mathare Valley, Kenya [Sean Sprague]

Loyangalani women’s group, Marsabit diocese, northern Kenya

Loyangalani women’s group, Marsabit diocese, northern Kenya [Vicky Cosstick]

Bonface & Tabitha

Bonface with fellow group member Tabitha demonstrating how they make charcoal briquettes [Vicky Cosstick]

Veronica Etele

Veronica Etele from the Loyangalani women's group in Northern Kenya. [Vicky Cosstick]

James Galgallo

James Galgallo is development co-ordinator for CAFOD partner the Diocese of Marsabit in Northern Kenya [CAFOD]

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School children dancing and playing in the school yard in a Nairobi slum [Sean Sprague]

Watching tv in Kenya

Children watching television in Kenya [Sean Sprague]

Elderly woman carries her child

An elderly woman carries her child in Burmayo, Kenya [REUTERS/Antony Njuguna, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

mother and child

Often the only meal some children get is when they go to primary school, because education and the food is free [Richard Wainwright]

Hanging gardens

The hanging gardens where the group is growing "sukuma" [Vicky Cosstick]

Wii bakery

Women at the Wii bakery in Kitui. Money from the bakery is used to care for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. [Noreen Lockhart]

Eliud Ngunjiri

Eliud Ngunjiri, Director of RODI, Kenya [CAFOD]

James Galgallo

James Galgallo is Development Coordinator at the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit, a CAFOD partner organisation in Kenya. [CAFOD]

Nelly Shonko

Nelly Shonko is CAFOD's Programme Officer for Sustainable Livelihoods in East Africa [Annie Bungeroth]

Camels walk to a water point

Camels walk to a water point after trekking for miles near the town of Wajir, Kenya [REUTERS/Antony Njuguna, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Turkana men and women walk to a feeding centre

A group of Turkana men and women walk to a feeding centre near Lodwar town, some 804 km (500 miles) from the capital Nairobi [REUTERS/Antony Njuguna, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Pastoralist with goats

The knock-on effects of drought are far reaching, highlighting the pastoralists' reliance on their animals [Richard Wainwright]

Pastoralist with cattle

Many pastoralists migrated from their districts into Isiolo when the drought started, putting further strain on the pastures and creating potential conflict over the scarce land and water [Richard Wainwright]

Kenyan woman receiving healthcare

Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding are among the most vulnerable during a drought [Richard Wainwright]

Street scene in Nairobi

Street scene in Nairobi - it is common to see such a huge variety of chaotic activities all in one place [CAFOD]

Irene Kagunda

Irene Kagunda in her classroom in Soweto [Annie Bungeroth]

Catherine Musangi

Catherine Musangi, peer educator and puppeteer [Annie Bungeroth]

entrepreneurs

Bonface Mutiso, 28 (left) has set up a kitchen garden in partnership with 12 others, while Tabitha Wambui (27) has started a pig rearing business [CAFOD]

Maasai tribeswoman Jane Siokonkai

Maasai tribeswoman Jane Siokonkai shares a joke with CAFOD aid worker Laura Storr [Vicky Cosstick]

Maikona women's group

Maikona women's group, Maikona, Marsabit diocese, northern Kenya. Marsabit diocese has funded this group, which teaches women about human rights as well as helping them make their own money from activities such as beadwork and basket-making. [Vicky Cosstick]

Radio Waumini studio, Nairobi

Father Martin Wanyoike (left) and Daniel Wabwire use their broadcasts at the Radio Waumini studio in Nairobi to educate as well as entertain [Vicky Cosstick]

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An aerial view of tea estates in Kenya [Sean Sprague]

Somali man fetches water

A Somali man fetches water from a well in Wajid, northwest of the capital Mogadishu [REUTERS/Antony Njuguna, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Paul Kwaluma and ARV treatment

Paul Kwaluma is back on ARVs after going off them because he was too hungry [CAFOD]