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Famine forces pupils out of the classroom

Girl fetching water from a well in Ganze, Kilifi County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

More than 60 per cent of pupils of Karimani Primary School in Bamba Ward, Ganze in Kilifi County have dropped out of school because of the drought ravaging parts of the Coast region.

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