Drought in Turkana: Hope from Solar Wells

0:00European news, powered by AI, this is Europe News Today. In Kenya's Turkana County, a brutal drought is hitting hard, leaving kids and moms malnourished under sparse shade, charities like Concern, worldwide run health clinics every two weeks, but USAID nutrition packs are running out fast due to aid cuts and fuel shortages. From Middle East Complex, the drought from 2020 to 2023 was the worst in 40 years. Wiping out rains and livestock. Now, even if rains come, flash floods could destroy farms near Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake and forced fishermen deeper into. Croc infested waters, costing limbs and lives, pastoralists who make up 80% of the men roam farther for grazing, sparking cattle raids and tribal clashes. Families go hungry, with moms skipping meals to breastfeed under nourished babies, and over 15% of village kids showing severe malnutrition.

1:00Signs like stalled walking, but there's hope in Locomway Village near South Sudan. A solar-powered well and water tanks have ended water-borne diseases that hit 40% of folks before, cut women's walks from 12 miles, and boosted population 5 fold to 15,000. With steady water, they're farming maize and veggies year-round on 10 acre plots, settling no maize into stable lives, and prepping for a new. Hospital showing how targeted aid can turn drought's curse into real progress.