RMF’s Michael Lear is in the arid Turkana district of Northern Kenya trying to find the best way to help the most people get clean drinking water.
Like so many areas, the Turkana district has suffered the same hunger and thirst for longer than most would like to remember. And with rain becoming more and more scarce with each passing year, faith in the future is becoming equally hard to come by here.
Here is a video that touches on the desperation these people are feeling: Millions face starvation in Horn of Africa
As the video explains, these villagers rely exclusively on international aid and with the financial crisis slowing down funds they have been without food now for two months—and they do not know why.
The Bhil tribe is a proud and ancient ethnic group inhabiting the western part of central India. The Bhils face the challenge of living in abject poverty in a hostile environment ravaged by draught and disease outbreaks, soil erosion and overpopulation resulting in the need for continuous migration. Poor infrastructure, illiteracy, and lack of academic institutions further worsen their situation. Jhabua has been ranked consistently as having the lowest literacy rate of India’s over 600 districts.
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