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Elderly women manage access to water in drought-hit Kitengela

Nadupoi Olooloitikosh women group owns 2 acres of land in Olooloitikoshi village. They keep bees, poultry, and plant vegetables to help them get some extra income.

The dirty, thorny, dry, and expansive land dotted with scattered Manyattas is a true indication of the current drought’s effects on a Kenyan pastoralist community in Kajiado County. Located South of Nairobi, Kitengela town in Kajiado County has a women-led group that is using a water management small-scale irrigation project to boost farming in this dry region.

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