God Has Cursed Us Kenyan Family Cries

Water is More Important Than Food


Garissa, Kenya -- CNN reporter Jeff Koinange says he has seen women with babies on their backs walking for miles in search of food in Niger. In Malawi he witness people eating termites to keep from starving to death. In Kenya, which is his home, Jeff says it is the country's fourth season without rain and people who are herders are watching their animals being decimated by drought and a looming famine.

What can we do to help? Aid is on the ground from the US, Japan and of course the Kenyan government. The World Food Program is helping move supplies to drought-stricken northern Kenya. Peter Smerdon, spokes man fofr the UN World Food Program says, logistics is the major problem;

"Having food is one thing," Smerdon says. "Moving it, is quite another." Much of the food is stored in warehouses around the country. The immediate need is water to save the dying animals.

Many of us in this country are animal lovers, can you imagine how you would feel if your animals were dying of thrist and you could do nothing?

The ousman family head, Salat Ousman, says. "God has cursed us. Why else are we allowed to suffer for so long? What have we done wrong?"

God has not forsaken the Ousmans, I wish there were something we could do to help. Does anyone have any ideas how we can get water to the people in northern Kenya? Please write or make a comment if you have any ideas.

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In the photo above families receive food and water from the US, Japan and the Kenyan government, but the water is so little it barely keeps the people alive and the livestock is perishing.

Well wishes,

F. Stanley Boyd