{"id":916205,"date":"2022-01-14T09:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/14\/firm-donates-food-to-pupils-in-drought-hit-marsabit\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T09:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:43:15","slug":"firm-donates-food-to-pupils-in-drought-hit-marsabit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/14\/firm-donates-food-to-pupils-in-drought-hit-marsabit\/","title":{"rendered":"Firm donates food to pupils in drought-hit Marsabit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ybwzglqxy6knwzmfk61e13cb1d97f5.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>South Horr pupils performing during relief food dispatch by LTWP.<\/strong> [Courtesy]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Marsabit County has experienced a high rate of school dropouts in the last two years due to the ravaging drought.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Education, in an attempt to keep learners in school in the drought-hit region, had initiated a cash programme where children receive Sh10 a day, which is the equivalent of one meal a day. However, the cash programme was not consistent. <\/p>\n<p>According to an Out-Of-School Children Initiative study conducted in Kenya in 2020, almost 1.13 million children aged 6 to 13 are out of school due to drought.\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"6h0K2H7bMW0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marsabit county residents lose animals due to the ongoing drought\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6h0K2H7bMW0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Laisamis Sub-county Director of Education Ali Abdulahi said \u201clast term there were delays with dispatch of food and we requested Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) to step in and help us keep our students in school.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>A report by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs shows that the cumulative impact of two consecutive poor rainy seasons, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic, insecurity, pests and diseases have worsened humanitarian crisis in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) region of Kenya.\n<\/p>\n<p>On January 11, 2022, LTWP launched a two-month emergency food relief programme that will benefit 13,000 pupils by providing them with a meal per day from January to March 10, 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the launch of the programme, LTWP CEO Philip Leferink said the initiative was timely for the continuity of the pupil\u2019s education during their last term of the academic year.\n<\/p>\n<p>Mr Leferink noted that the drought situation in Northern Kenya and especially in Marsabit was serious.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as LTWP have ramped up our drought assistance programme that started with the provision of water to communities around our wind farm to provide food to all primary schools across Laisamis constituency,\u201c he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the function, Laisamis MP\u00a0Arbele Musa congratulated LTWP officials for their resolve to keep learners in school by providing them with food.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarsabit is a dead county and the governor has never been seen here to provide food for his people despite that being his responsibility,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>According to a headteacher, when there is food distribution in schools, the number of learners increase by a big margin.\n<\/p>\n<p>LTWP will be donating food worth over Sh12.8 million to be distributed directly to schools.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The national government, through Marsabit County Commissioner\u00a0Paul Rotich, lauded the move and called on more organisations to join hands to cushion local communities affected by drought.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome other organsations to help communities affected by natural disasters. Our role includes building resilient relationships that directly support all aspects of families\u2019 wellbeing,\u201d said Mr Rotich.\n<\/p>\n<p>While receiving the donations on behalf of the community, County Director of Education Apollo Apuko called on corporate organisations and individuals to collaborate towards alleviating the chronic food insecurity challenge affecting the region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood security affects the delivery of education to children, especially in the formative years. This should be a priority for us and we are thankful to LTWP for stepping in as this programme will go a long way in supplementing the Ministry of Education\u2019s school meals initiative,\u201d said Mr Apuko.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto col-12 row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-12 row  p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-9 text-left\">\n<h5 class=\"politic-cat\">\n<b>Monitor water pumps remotely via your phone <\/b><br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Tracking and monitoring motor vehicles is not new to Kenyans. Competition to install affordable tracking devices is fierce but essential for fleet managers who receive reports online and track vehicles from the comfort of their desk.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001434394\/firm-donates-food-to-pupils-in-drought-hit-marsabit\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Horr pupils performing during relief food dispatch by LTWP. [Courtesy] Marsabit County has experienced a high rate of school dropouts in the last two years due to the ravaging drought. The Ministry of Education, in an attempt to keep learners in school in the drought-hit region, had initiated a cash programme where children receive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}