Around a year and a half after the birth of her daughter Ereng, Lomanat, 39, became extremely worried about the toddler’s health. She seemed an unhealthy weight, often crying as a result of hunger, but the family – which includes dad Daniel, 40, and son Mzee, 8 – were unable to give her the food that she needed.
Life had become hard after recent droughts in the area of Northern Kenya where they live killed off all of the 40 goats they kept for food and to sell. The family no longer had a sustainable income or reliable food source, and now make most of their money by burning wood to make charcoal to sell.
