Telling the ECSA Story

  “Climate change is mostly affecting women – C ARE is a good organi s ation; it gave us good training and built us this hay store. It trained us how to grind the remains of maize stalk to make livestock feeds and how to produce charcoal. ”   Sharifa Abdi in her home. CARE/Alex Kamweru Sharifa Abdi is a mother and housewife . S he lives in Mandera, one of the driest, harshest regions in Kenya . E very day , she is forced to live with the devastating impact of climate change: “ It’s taking place in that we are experiencing heavy winds of late , and later the sun will turn hot and then there will be no rain for two seasons. Once you experience an extreme hot season for long, it will likely be followed by rains.”   Sharifa and her community in Mandera are also affected by the constant threat of economic instability and the impacts of deforestation , leading to a chronic lack of natural resources, widespread poverty, and extreme violence. Th is area is amongst the ...