Field reports, community voices and insight from PACIDA’s work across Marsabit County and Southern Ethiopia.
Once a herdsgirl who watched other children go to school, 12-year-old Iman Ayisha now tops her class at Kalacha Nomadic Girls’ School — and dreams of becoming a doctor.
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When the 2022 drought wiped out entire herds in Moyale, restocking gave families in Antut and Qoloba the animals — and the hope — to begin again.
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After floods swept through Malabot Centre, emergency support helped Kurfa Umuro Katelo and her family of five begin to rebuild.
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A simple technology is transforming how communities in Marsabit share water — making access fairer, more transparent and more sustainable.
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From Fatuma Molu’s busy front yard to rehabilitated rangelands yielding 60 bales of hay per acre, fodder farming is building dry-season resilience.
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After the floods of late 2023 deepened food insecurity, unconditional cash transfers gave families the dignity to meet their own most urgent needs.
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Kame Mamo Dido, a 32-year-old widow and mother of five, describes how timely support helped her family survive the worst of the drought.
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Rehabilitated rangelands and emergency feed are keeping pastoralist herds alive through the dry season — “we expect to harvest 60 bales of hay per acre.”
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