Exchange Blows Mothers Deepening Drought In Kenya
Kakuma, Kenya (AP) - A mother of two exchanged blows, because they saw the children crying in the arms after one of the women tried to cut a long line of children to receive treatment with severe malnutrition.
Women fought for the second time in the wake of their children in the fray viewers: young woman's head rammed the other on the floor before the hospital staff intervened and separated them.
Women fought for the second time in the wake of their children in the fray viewers: young woman's head rammed the other on the floor before the hospital staff intervened and separated them.
"She ordered me to move after having crossed the line and I'm here since dawn. I could not help it, "said one woman who identified himself as Chipure, mother of eight who had an edge to be head-butted.
The episode of Kakuma Mission Hospital illustrates the growing desperation in northern Kenya, such as famine in Somalia that killed tens of thousands draws an international relief effort. At least five people have died here in Kenya Turkana region, one of the most remote and marginalized in countries where people are dependent on herds of animals that die of drought.
The episode of Kakuma Mission Hospital illustrates the growing desperation in northern Kenya, such as famine in Somalia that killed tens of thousands draws an international relief effort. At least five people have died here in Kenya Turkana region, one of the most remote and marginalized in countries where people are dependent on herds of animals that die of drought.
According to the UN agency for children, just over half the population eats only one meal a day here. The hunger crisis is so bad that families are still here to share food supplements to infants.
The temperature here can hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) and 20 liters of water costs one third of the salary Ekidor John daily.
"The last time I had a bath was a week ago," said Ekidor, 33, who supports his family, eight gold panning. "Eating one meal a day for such a possibility."
The temperature here can hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) and 20 liters of water costs one third of the salary Ekidor John daily.
"The last time I had a bath was a week ago," said Ekidor, 33, who supports his family, eight gold panning. "Eating one meal a day for such a possibility."
Health Center Makutano. Dozens of women online to get their children a special peanut butter butter that is rich in protein and carbohydrates
Nyanyuduk Logiel, 28, mother of five children, has led to 3 years, daughter of Lokol back for further treatments. The baby is only about one third of the weight that should be, and can hardly stand up. It has a weight of only 12.35 pounds (5.6 kilograms).
Nyanyuduk Logiel, 28, mother of five children, has led to 3 years, daughter of Lokol back for further treatments. The baby is only about one third of the weight that should be, and can hardly stand up. It has a weight of only 12.35 pounds (5.6 kilograms).
After almost two weeks, because the Lokol little has been treated, has received nearly a quarter pound (100 grams), but has long way to go before it reaches the weight that should be - 33 kilos (15 pounds), Loree says Jimmy , a nurse is responsible for the clinic.
Lore says that the number of children treated for acute malnutrition has tripled from 21 to 68 in July, and expects that number will continue to rise.
"This year is really bad, is it really the hand because if you see how people were dependent on their animals were taken," said Lore.
Lore says that the number of children treated for acute malnutrition has tripled from 21 to 68 in July, and expects that number will continue to rise.
"This year is really bad, is it really the hand because if you see how people were dependent on their animals were taken," said Lore.
School attendance is also down, from 200 to 156 children at a primary school, as families move in search of pasture and improved grassland.
Droughts are common here, but in the last decade, became much more frequent. Before that occurred in five or ten cycles, but now they come every two years - or even more frequently.
Dr. Joseph EPEM, the doctor in charge of the major public hospital in the region, said the theft of cattle and border conflicts have also forced people living in areas where food can be grown to relocate to safer areas are infertile.
He said his own family was forced to move from a fertile area near a river where they used to grow after their neighbor was killed. And last Friday, eight women were killed by Turkana tribes Ethiopian Merill in a dispute over land and pastures.
Epem says that health authorities must address the problems that fuel the crisis. Otherwise, food aid must go back again.
"We do it for three months - the rate (malnutrition) down - and then we left, we go back," he said. "It becomes a vicious circle."
Epem says that health authorities must address the problems that fuel the crisis. Otherwise, food aid must go back again.
"We do it for three months - the rate (malnutrition) down - and then we left, we go back," he said. "It becomes a vicious circle."
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