KENYA: RURAL WOMEN RESORT TO GRUELLING LABOUR AS DROUGHT WORSENS FOOD INSECURITY

Lucy Toho is one of many women here in Meru County, Kenya, who are on their daily journey to back-breaking work. Toho is from Ntulli village where a river used to water farms where she and her neighbours worked. Now, after successive periods of drought in the Horn of Africa, the river has dried up and Toho, like other women here, is seeking other possible ways to feed and clothe her family. Toho breaks rocks at a quarry to create ballast for the building industry.