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Schools closure means children go without food

When not trekking for kilometres looking for water for livestock, children beg for food and water by the roadside. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Young children stand by the road with containers, their hands stretched to stop vehicles along the Marigat-Chemolingot road in Baringo County. From a distance, the children of school-going age appear like potential travellers as besides them are bags of charcoal.

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