Youth offer to help climate-hit communities tackle drought

Bodies of animals that died from prolonged drought lie on a dry, rocky patch of land in North Horr, Marsabit County. [File, Standard]

Sitting under an acacia tree to cool off from northern Kenya's stifling heat, youth leader Bonface Ewaar was deep in discussion about how best to warn his community of Katilu about worsening drought.

Working with two colleagues, the 24-year-old pored over a disaster alert bulletin - issued by the government drought agency - that he planned to translate from English into the local Turkana language to share by word of mouth and over the radio.