Consultations with Children in Countries Affected by Hunger

Caption: Mahad* lives in northern Garissa province (Kenya) with her mother, father and seven siblings. Her family has been devastated by the effects of the drought, losing hundreds of animals. Their bones can be seen scattered all around their home amongst the desert shrubland, which hasn’t seen rain for several years after successive failed rains. The animals were their livelihood, and now they are gone the family struggle to afford food, often having just two meals a day and sometimes not eating at all.