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Oxfam delivers rapid response in emergencies
“This rain was too much, the worst I have seen in the last 10 seasons,” Mariam Nabura recounts.“We were caught unawares by the floods in the middle of the night, at times we would receive the warning…
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A Vaccine at a time: Strengthening the resilience and livelihoods of the people of Marsabit County
I started tending to my father’s herd of cattle when I was only 10 years old. I would be sent out to look for pasture in the fields and then come back in the evening when the animals had enough to…
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They saved our animals, story of Halkano a pastoralist from Marsabit County
The year 2015 was particularly dry and we were forced to move our Satellite herds to Huri Hills where there was pasture, leaving behind only a few animals for our families to get milk. One morning as…
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Innovation for increased water access in Wajir
Oxfam piloted the use of electronic water meters commonly known us water ATMs in Wajir County in 2014-2015. The county government of Wajir through WAJWASCO is collaborating with World Vision to…
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Digital Literacy for improved lives of vulnerable women
Equipping 30,000 women in Nairobi urban informal settlements with digital literacy skills while sensitising them on ways they can use technology to enhance their lives, exercise their rights and…
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I am Resilient: A life changing business
Habiba Hudhow, 49, makes a living of selling nyirinyiri, a meat-based specialty, at the market, in Wajir, Northen Kenya
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