Rainy season almost completely canceled
Aerial photograph of six dead giraffes shows extent of the drought disaster in Kenya
Six dead giraffes in the Sabuli Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya. Her death is a consequence of the drought in the country
© Ed Ram / Getty Images
A photo from Kenya goes around the world. It shows six dead giraffes on the dusty ground. They fell victim to the devastating drought. The UN warn: 2.9 million people in Kenya urgently need help.
The giraffes tried to drink water from a nearby, almost dried out reservoir. They got stuck in the mud. The Getty Images photo agency writes about a photo that is currently making headlines and upheaval around the world.
The carcasses of the six giraffes lie close together in the dry subsoil. The animals were already weakened by the persistent drought, writes the agency. Photographer Ed Ram took the aerial photo outside the village of Eyrib in the Sabuli Wildlife Convervancy Nature Reserve in Kenya.
It draws attention to the drought in the East African country that threatens human and animal life. It has not rained in parts of Kenya for a year. The “Long Rains”, the great rainy season from March to May, was almost completely canceled in some areas.
The inclusion of dead giraffes is no exception: images of dead and emaciated animals are piling up. According to Welthungerhilfe, cattle herders suffer massively from the drought. After the locust plague and as a result of the corona pandemic, people would no longer have any reserves to counter the drought.
The President of Kenya has declared a disaster
In September, the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared the persistent drought in his country a national catastrophe. The country director of Welthungerhilfe Kelvin Shingles said in mid-November in “star“Interview that the food situation of 2.2 million people in Kenya is critical.” We expect the number to continue to rise. 650,000 children under five are malnourished. “
The situation is getting worse. On Tuesday, the United Nations warned that more than 2.9 million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid due to the drought in Kenya. Water sources for humans and animals have dried up. This also has social consequences: Tensions between communities and conflicts have increased, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha). Cases of child weddings have been reported and in some areas they have dropped out of school because children are involved in their families’ search for water.
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