Today the Climate Debt Agents arrived in Kajiado where they will stay until the 11th of November. Upon arrival they met with various government officials and Kenny the Executive Director of NIA (Neighbourhood Initiative Alliance) who told about how the climate change affected the area. The predominant tribe of Kajiado is Massai who as pastoralists mainly depend on their livestock: cows, goats and sheep.
Climate change has caused more and longer droughts than ever seen before in the area. Usually some cattle would die and some would be sick but this time many have lost all their livestock. 184.000 people receive foodaid and many have died because the normal recovering time between droughts has despaired. Because of the big loss in cattle the Massais have tried farming but because of the lack of rain it is close to impossible to grow anything.
In the coming days the Climate Debt Agents will look closer in to these problems as we go to visit 3 Massai villages and learn from them about the problems with climate change