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When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe

2013-10-17 02:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Wambui Karunyu, 72, and her seven-year-old grandson are the only surviving members of their immediate family. Karunyus husband and five children all succumbed to the hardships of living in the semi-arid area of lower Mukurweini district in central Kenya. In 2009, a drought struck parts of central and southeast Kenya, leaving 3.8 million people in need of food aid. Four years later, conditions in the area remain dire. According to the regional Drought Management Authority, while the upper parts...

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