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My children can’t sleep hungry, not when I have alcohol

With no money, no food, and hungry children but alcohol at her disposal, Hascar made the tough decision: She gives her children alcohol instead of seeing them sleep on empty stomachs. [iStockphoto] 

The last time people experienced seasonal rainfall in Ileret, North Horr Sub County in Northern Kenya was three years ago.

The situation has generated into severe drought, famine, death of livestock and with it, hunger and malnutrition.

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