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Dreams deferred: Going to school not an option for starving children

Nitsanga Kahindi a resident of Goshi village in Bamba, Kilifi feeds her seven children with wild fruits due to severe drought that has hit parts of Kenya. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Thirteen-year-old Ibrahim Ngumbao and his four siblings dropped out of school in July this year to help their parents look for water.

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