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When Drought Steals Childhood: How Climate Shocks in Northern Kenya Are Testing the SDGs

MANDERA, Kenya, , February 10 (IPS) – Every morning before sunrise, 10-year-old Amina Adan walks away from school and toward a shrinking water pan on the outskirts of Rhamu, Mandera County. By the time her classmates would be opening exercise books, Amina was already balancing a yellow jerrycan almost half her size.

Read the full story, “When Drought Steals Childhood: How Climate Shocks in Northern Kenya Are Testing the SDGs”, on globalissues.org

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