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  • By Ansa Varughese<br/>Droughts have become more frequent and longer over the last three decades. For the most vulnerable, like Ana Mana, the absence of rainfall means the constant threat of hunger.

    Drought ‘that divided homes’ keeps hunger’s grip on Turkana

    Posted on February 8, 2013 | No Comments
    By Ansa Varughese
    Droughts have become more frequent and longer over the last three decades. For the most vulnerable, like Ana Mana, the absence of rainfall means the constant threat of hunger.

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  • By Lindsey Campbell<br/>

TURKANA, Kenya - Agis Ekai walked past the bags of corn-soy blend and a cooler of medication to place her 10-month-old daughter, Lokwawi Tukei, in a scale that hung from the branch of an acacia tree.

    Kenya’s spending on rural health care leaves gaps

    Posted on February 7, 2013 | No Comments
    By Lindsey Campbell
    TURKANA, Kenya - Agis Ekai walked past the bags of corn-soy blend and a cooler of medication to place her 10-month-old daughter, Lokwawi Tukei, in a scale that hung from the branch of an acacia tree.

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  • By Jessica Stallone<br/>
In the cooling shade of doum palm trees, more than 30 women sat waiting with restless children in their laps. A jeep driven by Merlin relief workers materialized out of the sandy hills that lined the Koono village horizon, ending the women’s wait.

    Controversy Trails Food-Distribution Efforts (story and gallery)

    Posted on February 1, 2013 | No Comments
    By Jessica Stallone
    In the cooling shade of doum palm trees, more than 30 women sat waiting with restless children in their laps. A jeep driven by Merlin relief workers materialized out of the sandy hills that lined the Koono village horizon, ending the women’s wait.

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  • By Nicole Bansen<br/>
Akai Lokiridi Vivien waited for the nurse in the dusty Eliye Springs Dispensary, rubbing her pregnant belly and describing the modern way she hopes to give birth: no spear cutting the umbilical cord, no root teas.

    Traditional Midwives Try Modern Ways

    Posted on February 1, 2013 | No Comments
    By Nicole Bansen
    Akai Lokiridi Vivien waited for the nurse in the dusty Eliye Springs Dispensary, rubbing her pregnant belly and describing the modern way she hopes to give birth: no spear cutting the umbilical cord, no root teas.

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  • By Deanna Del Ciello<br/>

LORENG’ELUP, Kenya – Joyce Apus, a birth aide from Turkana, sat outside of a clay-colored maternity clinic in this remote village with a child on her lap and her feet in the dirt. It was mid-January 2013, one month shy of the clinic’s first birthday.

    Clinging to Tradition, Turkana Mothers Shun Maternity Clinic (story and gallery)

    Posted on February 1, 2013 | No Comments
    By Deanna Del Ciello
    LORENG’ELUP, Kenya – Joyce Apus, a birth aide from Turkana, sat outside of a clay-colored maternity clinic in this remote village with a child on her lap and her feet in the dirt. It was mid-January 2013, one month shy of the clinic’s first birthday.

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