Kenya: Schools Close As Famine Bites

Lodwar — Many schools in northeast Kenya have been forced to close, because there is no food for the children. Bishop Dominic Kimengich, Bishop of Lodwar in Turkana, said: "The shepherds are on their knees because the grass does not grow and the animals die."

This strip of Kenya, caught between the Ethiopian plateau and the Sudanese bush, tells the drama of a famine that is threatening the survival of 12 million people in six different countries. There was a time a few months ago, when government assistance programs managed to fill classrooms that had been usually half-empty. The children were hoping to find a little bit of bread or some rice there, but as of the past few weeks, the rations are not enough and schools have started to close.

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