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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…

Women using the water ATM to fetch water in Wajir County. Photo Credit/Kevin Wabung'o/Oxfam

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…

Lucy Wairimu and Margaret Kinyua during a literacy training held in Korogocho. Photo Credit Ngele Mwarimbo-Ali

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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Habiba Hudhow nyirinyiri (camel) meat trader in Wajir in a meeting with other women of her group. Photo Credit: Benson Guantai

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