After months of no rain, our community in Baringo County (East Pokot), Kenya has reached crisis point.
With no rainfall to support farming and agriculture, the harvest that the community had been hoping and praying for will no longer happen, and the food supply for the whole region is incredibly unstable.
The severity of this situation is wide reaching and only intensifying, with almost half of the children in Baringo County not attending school because the schools and parents are no longer able to provide food - this number too is only likely to increase.
A brief survey conducted by our team in Baringo County this week found that attendance rates at our Programs Schools have all been affected, with children in early childhood education and lower grade classes most affected due to their age.
Boni, our Country Manager in Kenya told us, “We expect to not have students in school by the time we finish this term. The situation is quite dire.”
Please donate now to help us deliver emergency food packages to all of our partner schools in Baringo County: www.sotheycan.org/donate