Kenya’s cash-for-climate-change aid
New approach to aid comes out of drought in Kenya’s northeast.

Published On 3 Nov 2009
A prolonged drought in Kenya – blamed heavily on climate change – has plunged hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
The worst affected are cattle-herders in the country’s northeast. Communities that used to be self-sufficient, are now dependent on cash hand-outs from aid groups.
Mohammed Adow reports on a new approach to aid in the town of Takaba.
Source: Al Jazeera