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>> Hello and thank you for
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joining us today on It Is
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Written Canada.
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We will be looking again at how
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the fears of a global food
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crisis are growing and getting
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worse with close to one billion
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people regularly going to bed
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hungry and many of those people
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living on one meal a week.
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>> Once again we will be
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focusing on the Turkana County
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region of Kenya where the
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current drought has lasted for
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five consecutive years and
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almost all livestock has died.
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>> Unless the people are living
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right near a water source, the
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only food that they are
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surviving on is the wild fruit
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that they can find on the few
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trees that are still producing.
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Today on It Is Written Canada,
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our special guest is Steve
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Matthews, Executive Director
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for ADRA Canada.
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Steve, welcome to It Is Written
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Canada.
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>> Yeah, thanks so much, Mike,
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it's a pleasure to be here with
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you and René again.
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>> So last time we were with
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you, you had just been to
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Kenya, which was not too long
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ago, in Africa and you were
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able to see the hunger
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first hand.
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What did you see?
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Was there really hunger
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everywhere?
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>> Oh, absolutely, I mean, it
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was just so widespread.
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Now, the region I was in was
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Turkana, the Turkana region is
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in the north of Kenya so when
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you're in the south of Kenya,
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you don't see it, but once you
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go into those more arid regions
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of the country, hunger was
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everywhere.
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What really struck me about
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being there though was how hard
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people are working, just
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working continuously to try to
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earn enough money to basically
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be able to purchase food for
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their families.
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Often times the people that I
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was meeting, they were working
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weaving baskets, making mats to
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sell at the market, but they
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were only able to, by working
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continuously, maybe earn enough
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money to feed their family for
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three to four days.
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So can you imagine that you're
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working so hard, but you can't
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even make enough to feed
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your family.
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And when I say feed them,
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it's basic meals and the days
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that you can't feed your
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family, you're feeding them
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nothing.
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>> So some of these families are
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basically eating one meal
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a day.
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>> Mm-hm, absolutely.
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And when they can't earn enough
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money to buy from the market,
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what they're doing is they're
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harvesting wild fruit.
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I visited two different areas
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of Turkana and when I was
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there, each area had one fruit
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only and these wild fruit are
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not...not exactly what you'd
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wanna be eating continuously,
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regularly.
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While I was there I was--
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actually went out and was able
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to harvest some of the fruit
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and tried it.
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It tasted good initially, but I
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couldn't imagine eating that as
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the only food that you have
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each day.
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>> So, Steve, let's take a look
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at that video which you were
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able to capture when you there
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and you were able to see this
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first hand, of this hunger that
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was everywhere.
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>> Great, yeah.
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[speaking in native tongue]
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[TRANSLATOR] I have lived all
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my life here in this village.
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I have never seen it like
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this before.
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There was a time when the land
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around us was nothing but green
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pasture for as far as the eye
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could see.
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Meat and milk were plentiful.
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Life was good.
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Now our fields are nothing
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but sand.
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Our animals are all gone.
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There is hunger everywhere.
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[speaking in native tongue]
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[TRANSLATOR] We were going
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through a very difficult time.
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My husband and I have four
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children.
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Because of the drought it had
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become very challenging for us
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to feed our children.
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Our animals had died and there
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was no real employment
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opportunities here.
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That was when ADRA came to help
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us with emergency assistance
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for food.
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[TRANSLATOR] Once every month,
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ADRA sent us money so we could
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buy food.
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It came right to my cell phone.
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I'm not really sure how it
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all works.
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I had to have the village chief
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help me set up the account.
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I just know that we could use
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the money that came over my
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phone from ADRA to buy food.
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Life was good again.
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I have three grandchildren that
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live with me here and we were
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able to eat well.
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[TRANSLATOR] When we got that
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support from ADRA, life was
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good again.
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There was always enough to eat.
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We even had enough left over to
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get a few other household
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essentials and pay some school
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fees for my kids.
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But last June we were told that
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the emergency assistance from
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ADRA had come to an end.
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Feeding our children in this
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dried-up land has become a real
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challenge again.
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[speaking in native tongue]
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[TRANSLATOR] I manage to get a
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little cash from the baskets I
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make, but it doesn't go as far
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as it used to.
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In just the last four months,
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the cost of food has doubled
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and in some cases tripled.
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It is like we are now dealing
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with two droughts, the drought
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from no rain and the drought
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caused by the price of food
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going up so much.
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[TRANSLATOR] There is a dried-up
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river bed near here where some
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palm trees still grow.
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The women of the village here
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collect palm branches, strip
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them, and weave together
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products that we try and sell
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in the market.
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I make mats.
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When there is food, I can make
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five mats a month.
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When there is no food, I get
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weak and am only able to
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make two.
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Then the real problem comes in
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trying to sell the mats.
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The market is 25 kilometres
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away.
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If I hired a motorbike driver
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to take them in, it would cost
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more than what I could get for
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the mats.
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I usually only get about 200
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shillings per mat.
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So I have to walk the mats into
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the market on foot.
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It takes about a day and a half
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round trip.
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The food I am able to buy is
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usually gone within a
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couple of days.
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[TRANSLATOR] It takes about two
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weeks to make one of these
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baskets.
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If I sell to the middle man who
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comes through the village, the
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most he will give me is 200
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shillings per basket.
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If I were to take them into
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town myself, I would probably
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get 700 shillings for one
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basket, but the transportation
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costs would be 500.
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I just usually sell to the
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middle man.
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With my hungry grandchildren,
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that 400 shillings only lasts
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one day and we are back to
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eating the fruit from the
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palm tree.
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[TRANSLATOR] When the money
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runs out, the only food that we
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are able to eat is the fruit
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that grows on the palm trees.
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You have to collect a lot to
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make a meal.
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The fruit is tough and very
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fibrous.
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It is not something we would
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normally want to eat, let alone
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every day.
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But what else can we do?
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[TRANSLATOR] We are very
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grateful to the people of
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Canada for the support they
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have given us here in our
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village.
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May God bless you.
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Thank you very much.
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[TRANSLATOR] We are so thankful
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for the help we have received
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from Canada.
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I don't know where we would be
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today without your kindness.
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Please continue the excellent
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work that you are doing to help
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people like us.
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[hopeful music playing]
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>> Steve, going to that area,
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knowing that there's so much
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hunger and then realizing that
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ADRA Canada was able to provide
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money to help these people to
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buy food, that must be very
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rewarding for you.
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>> Oh, absolutely.
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That's one of the things I find
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so rewarding about this career
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that I've chosen now because
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I'm able to be a part of, you
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know, of an amazing
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organization that's able to go
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and really improve the lives of
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others.
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When we go and visit people and
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hear the stories of how ADRA has
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helped them, I always feel, you
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almost feel a little bit like a
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superhero sometimes because
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they're so happy that you came,
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that you helped.
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Our biggest challenge is always
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when we leave, trying to make
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sure that we're leaving people
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in a better position than when
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we came, but also trying to
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make sure that they're not
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reliant upon us, that they're--
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so we always try to build
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sustainability into our
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projects so that they, they
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actually don't need us when the
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project comes to an end.
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>> Steve, it's so encouraging
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and inspiring just to watch
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when these people mention ADRA
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Canada, like, their faces just
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light up and some of the ideas
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that you're giving them to help
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them to be more sustainable,
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they don't even think
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about that.
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>> Yeah, absolutely.
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It's a real joy to meet people
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and just learn about the
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differences that you're able to
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make in their lives.
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>> What is the biggest
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challenge that these people
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are facing?
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[STEVE] Oh, it's water.
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Not having access to water.
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Just think about if we suddenly
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had our taps turned off and
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there was no access to water
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within, you know, kilometres of
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a walk from where we live.
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And that's what we're seeing
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there is just access to water
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makes it difficult.
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You can't even grow your own
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food if you don't have access
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to water because nothing's
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gonna grow like that.
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They don't get enough rainfall
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to sustain anything at all so
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that said, that would
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definitely be their biggest
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challenge and then that comes
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with also many safety
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challenges that go with that
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as well.
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>> So we have a video that
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we're gonna look at right now
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on the importance of water and
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how that is a struggle for the
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people in that area.
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[TRANSLATOR] Hi, my name is
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Ikeenya.
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I am 12 years old and in
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grade 5.
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I live in Turkana County in the
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country of Kenya.
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Before I was born, it used to
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rain a lot here.
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My mom says that they used to
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have two rainy seasons
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every year.
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I don't remember much
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about that.
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For the last five years, it's
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hardly rained here at all.
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I have six brothers and sisters.
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Some of us are going to school,
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some stay home and help
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my mother.
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She had polio when she was
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young and is disabled.
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¤¤
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To help my mother, I do a lot
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of the cooking for my family.
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In Kenya, we like to eat ugali.
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That is a kind of porridge that
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we make from maize flour.
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It doesn't take long to cook,
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but we don't eat as much as
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we used to.
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Most of the time we only eat
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once a day.
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Some days there is no ugali
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at all.
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It's not just me, it's the same
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story for most of the kids in
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our village.
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My father is unemployed.
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Actually, most of the people
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living here do not work.
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The men used to be out herding
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animals, but because of the
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drought almost all the animals
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have died.
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With no animals, there is no
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food and no way for our dads to
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make money to buy food.
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And so there are a lot of days
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when we just have to go to bed
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hungry and hope that tomorrow
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will be better.
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[gentle piano music playing]
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But that's not my biggest
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problem.
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My biggest problem is getting
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water.
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There are long queues at the
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watering hole and it takes me
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about two hours every time I go.
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I can't carry enough water for
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my whole family in one trip so
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I need to go to the river twice
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a day.
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I guess you can't call it a
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river anymore.
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It has been dried up now for
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over three years.
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It is just one long dried-up
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bed of sand, but it is still
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the place where everyone goes
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to get water.
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By digging down into the sand
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you can still find water.
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As each year goes by, we have
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had to keep digging deeper and
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deeper until we find water.
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Now it usually takes four
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people to get water.
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One person is down in the hole
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filling the bucket, they pass
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the bucket to three other
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people to get the water up to
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the top.
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It is hard work, but the worst
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part of it is it's also very
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dangerous, especially for the
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one down inside the hole.
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The sand walls can easily
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collapse and bury the person,
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especially if you're small
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like me.
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This has happened to some of
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my friends.
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Luckily, strong adults nearby
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were able to get them out in
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time before they died.
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But some kids in other villages
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have not been so lucky and have
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died just getting water.
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I am always afraid when I am
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down in that hole.
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I look forward to the day when
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the rains come back to our
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village and the river flows
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again so we don't have to go
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down into that hole.
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I recently started going to
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some special classes that are
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being taught by ADRA.
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They are teaching us many
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things about how we can live
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healthy and safe lives.
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They taught us how to deal with
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stress, we are learning that we
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all have human rights, girls
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are as important as boys, and
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it is okay for boys to share
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the tasks that are usually just
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done by girls and women.
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I am so happy that ADRA has
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come to work here.
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It gives me hope.
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We may all have big problems to
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deal with now, but thanks to
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things that I am learning from
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ADRA, I believe that things
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will get better for us
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in the future.
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[uplifting music playing]
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>> While I was there, and we
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saw in the video, the area
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where they had to go get water
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and that hole that was dug in
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the ground, that's in a
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river bed.
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So that was the river before.
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They-- and you could see how
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far down they were, while I was
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there, I was kinda horrified
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when I showed up and saw kids
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down in the hole that's like 20
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feet down in the ground and all
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sand surrounding, they did tell
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me that day they had a collapse
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of one of the walls that
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buried one of the people that
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was down in the hole and they
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just got them out.
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It was very close to
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being fatal.
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And I mentioned to them, you
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know, "Why don't you slope the
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walls back some to make it a
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little bit safer?" and they
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just said, "We're too hungry to
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do that."
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So their hunger was so bad that
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they could deal with the
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possibility of someone being in
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a very unsafe condition because
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they just didn't have the
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energy to be able to make it
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any safer.
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>> Steve, what is ADRA Canada
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doing to meet this challenge of
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not having enough water?
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>> In areas where it's
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possible, we are teaching
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people how to use the limited
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amounts of water that are still
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available to grow their own
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gardens.
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One area, it's near a riverbed
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that's pretty much dry, but
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because the river flows in from
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up in the northern areas where
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rainfall is still coming, it's
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dammed off, but the water gets
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released from time to time so
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they do have some water flow so
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what we we've taught them is
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how to harness that water,
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don't let it run past you.
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They've built, like, berms and
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what they've done is they've
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channelled water into gardens
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that they're growing.
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So we've taught them how to
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clear the land, how to grow
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gardens, how to grow food, food
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that they've never even eaten
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before and taught them how to
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use it, but how to harness that
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water so that they can-- so
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they were telling me, sometimes
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they know that the water's
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gonna flow at 2:00 or 3:00
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o'clock in the morning so
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they'll stay up all night
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waiting for the water to come
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so they can channel the water
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through.
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They told me that they can go
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about two weeks without water
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for their garden, but then
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after that they'd lose all
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their crop.
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They usually get at least water
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minimum of once a week when
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they release the water
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upstream, so that's what
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they do.
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>> That's awesome.
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So we have video footage that
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your team was able to capture
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when you were there, let's take
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a look at that right now.
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[pensive music playing]
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[TRANSLATOR] The drought we are
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having right now is very
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different from any other
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drought we have ever had.
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In the past, it would last
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about a year and then the rains
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would come again.
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Sometimes the drought might go
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on for one and a half years,
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even two years, but we could
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still bounce back from that, we
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could still rebuild our herds
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and get back to normal life,
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but this drought has been
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very severe.
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It has lasted five years now
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with no end in sight.
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It has made people vulnerable.
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Many have lost children to
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malnutrition.
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[speaking in native tongue]
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[TRANSLATOR] When I was growing
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up here, there was always
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plenty of rain.
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The land around us had plenty
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of grass.
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We had cows, sheep, and goats.
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There was always a surplus of
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food, no one ever went hungry.
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Then about five years ago the
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rain stopped.
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Slowly all of our animals grew
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weak and died.
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It left us without food.
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It left us with no resources to
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buy food.
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My children started to become
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emaciated.
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I was afraid that they would
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begin to die, just like the
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animals had.
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[TRANSLATOR] That was when ADRA
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came to work in our community.
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They worked with our village
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council to select the most
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vulnerable families and put
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them on an emergency cash
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assistance program.
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Once each month, they would get
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a cash transfer right to their
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cell phones over M-Pesa.
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They could use that to purchase
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food to feed their family.
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[TRANSLATOR] I am so thankful
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for the help that we received
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from ADRA.
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I was able to feed my children
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regular meals and they slowly
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regained their health.
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During this time, we did
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very well.
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The assistance came in every
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month for 13 months and then we
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were told that the funds for
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the program had run out.
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That was in July of 2022.
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I was afraid my children would
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become weak and sick again.
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But then ADRA suggested a big
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idea, one we never would have
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considered on our own.
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[TRANSLATOR] We live close to a
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river that has not dried up.
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When the cash transfer program
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ended, ADRA suggested that we
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take advantage of the water and
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start growing our own food.
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[TRANSLATOR] It was hard for us
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to even imagine growing food.
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We have always lived by our
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animals and knew nothing about
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farming or growing food.
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Even if some might have wanted
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to try it, we live about two
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kilometres from the river.
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It would have been too far to
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make enough trips to water a
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farm by hand, but ADRA
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suggested that as a community
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we should form a group and work
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together to dig water canals
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that would bring the water from
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the river to us.
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At first, we were not sure
00:21:03.96\00:21:05.59
about the idea.
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It was very difficult for us to
00:21:07.23\00:21:08.60
believe that it would work, but
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we had a lot of confidence in
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ADRA and decided to give it
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a try.
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They even set up a Food For
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Work Programme for those that
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dug the canal and started
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setting up the fence around the
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community farm.
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[TRANSLATOR] Some of the
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villages didn't need to dig
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canals.
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Another organization had dug
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shallow wells that were
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providing a good source of
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water for drinking and cooking,
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they had given us pumps,
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powered by solar panels.
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In these villages, ADRA simply
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had to get the people thinking
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about growing their own food.
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They gave us training on how to
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grow vegetables and provided
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seeds.
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For those villages that have
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these shallow wells, they can
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easily water their plots
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with a hose.
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For those that have brought the
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water in with the canals, they
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will once a day break open an
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earthen dam and let the water
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flow in to flood the rows of
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vegetables with water.
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[WATER GURGLING]
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[TRANSLATOR] It has been
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amazing to watch the plants
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grow and turn into food that
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we can eat.
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We are now growing tomatoes,
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spinach, amaranth, cow peas,
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mung beans, onions, watermelon,
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and fodder for goats.
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Vegetables are something
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totally new to us.
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We have never tasted them
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before.
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No one around here grows
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vegetables.
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At first it was very different
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than what we were used to, but
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we found out very quickly that
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vegetables taste good.
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It is so much better than going
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to bed hungry.
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Now every day we can bring home
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a bag of vegetables and
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sometimes a watermelon and feed
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this to the children.
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It is so good to see them smile
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at the sweet taste.
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[TRANSLATOR] We always knew
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that the cash transfers were
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not sustainable, that one day
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it would come to an end and so
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now to have this new source of
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food where the people are
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working every day to help
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themselves is a very good
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thing.
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Even if we never have one more
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cash transfer, the people will
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now be able to provide healthy
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nutrition for their children.
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People are even able to sell
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some of their vegetables in the
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market and get the money that
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they need to buy maize and
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other essentials of life.
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It is very good what ADRA has
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done here.
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[TRANSLATOR] We sell to our
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neighbours and take some to
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market.
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At first we thought our farm
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was too big, now we are finding
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that it has become very small.
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We want to expand, we want to
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grow more so that we can
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sell more.
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[TRANSLATOR] We are so grateful
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to the people of Canada for
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this wonderful support that
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they have provided to us.
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May God bless you.
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[TRANSLATOR] I want to thank
00:24:08.14\00:24:08.94
ADRA and all of the people who
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support the work of ADRA.
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>> So, Steve, final question,
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if someone is listening,
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they're viewing this program
00:24:19.25\00:24:20.96
and they like what they're
00:24:20.96\00:24:22.36
seeing, they like what ADRA is
00:24:22.36\00:24:23.79
doing, how can they contribute
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to ADRA Canada?
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>> There's a few different ways.
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Financial is always such a
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need, especially in this type
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of situation, when we just
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can't come up with enough funds
00:24:34.97\00:24:36.30
to meet all the needs that
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are there.
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So we do have a campaign called
00:24:38.74\00:24:40.18
"Justice At the Table" and
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that's responding to the
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hunger crisis.
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If people go to our website,
00:24:44.68\00:24:46.18
ADRA.ca, they will see a spot
00:24:46.18\00:24:48.65
there where they can go to the
00:24:48.65\00:24:49.92
hunger crisis, they can donate
00:24:49.92\00:24:51.75
there, there's a donate button
00:24:51.75\00:24:53.12
as soon as they get to our
00:24:53.12\00:24:54.02
website as well, so ADRA.ca.
00:24:54.02\00:24:56.52
Also, you know, prayer is
00:24:56.52\00:24:58.43
important and we need prayers
00:24:58.43\00:25:00.10
for the work that we do, we're
00:25:00.10\00:25:01.20
working in very challenging
00:25:01.20\00:25:03.03
situations.
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People can sign up to our
00:25:04.23\00:25:05.13
Prayer Angels list through our
00:25:05.13\00:25:07.14
website as well and they can be
00:25:07.14\00:25:08.94
involved that way and also
00:25:08.94\00:25:11.07
just, you know, spread around,
00:25:11.07\00:25:12.51
share the word about what ADRA
00:25:12.51\00:25:14.38
is doing, even for this
00:25:14.38\00:25:15.98
episode, share with your
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friends, family, of what we're
00:25:18.25\00:25:20.65
doing, go onto our social media
00:25:20.65\00:25:23.22
and follow us there, all those
00:25:23.22\00:25:24.42
are different ways that they
00:25:24.42\00:25:25.45
can be involved and help with
00:25:25.45\00:25:26.99
the work that we're doing.
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>> Steve, I wonder if you could
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end with a prayer for us
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right now.
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[STEVE] Yes, absolutely.
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Heavenly Father, Lord, I thank
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You for this opportunity to
00:25:41.60\00:25:44.21
share about the hunger crisis
00:25:44.21\00:25:46.64
that's taking place around the
00:25:46.64\00:25:47.98
world, I pray that You will
00:25:47.98\00:25:50.15
move in the hearts and minds of
00:25:50.15\00:25:51.48
those who are listening today,
00:25:51.48\00:25:53.48
that they will be convicted to
00:25:53.48\00:25:55.72
want to make a difference, to
00:25:55.72\00:25:57.05
be able to help out in this
00:25:57.05\00:25:58.45
challenging situation.
00:25:58.45\00:26:00.46
I pray that You will bring an
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end to the droughts that these
00:26:02.29\00:26:04.26
people are going through as
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well, that they will be able to
00:26:05.73\00:26:08.13
get back to their ways of life
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of having green and lush areas
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to grow their foods as well.
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May You be with us and watch
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over us in Jesus' name I pray,
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amen.
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[MIKE & RENÉ] Amen.
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>> Steve, thank you so much for
00:26:21.51\00:26:23.01
joining us on It Is Written
00:26:23.01\00:26:24.75
Canada today.
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>> Yes, thank you.
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It's been a pleasure.
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>> God's Word, the Bible,
00:26:31.22\00:26:33.32
promises that...
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>> Yes, Jesus Himself
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identified with those who are
00:26:41.93\00:26:44.30
hungry in this world when
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He said...
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>> Friends, if your heart has
00:27:01.22\00:27:02.88
been moved to help dethrone the
00:27:02.88\00:27:05.35
problem of hunger we are
00:27:05.35\00:27:07.19
witnessing on a worldwide
00:27:07.19\00:27:09.19
scale, then perhaps you would
00:27:09.19\00:27:11.49
like to partner with ADRA
00:27:11.49\00:27:13.33
Canada to make a financial
00:27:13.33\00:27:15.50
donation to support their
00:27:15.50\00:27:17.10
efforts in Kenya and around
00:27:17.10\00:27:20.10
the world.
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Before you go, we would also
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like to invite you to follow us
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Podcasts and if you go to our
00:27:34.12\00:27:36.82
website, you can see our latest
00:27:36.82\00:27:39.15
programs.
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>> You, too, can experience the
00:27:40.36\00:27:42.06
fullness of life that is found
00:27:42.06\00:27:43.66
in the words of Jesus when He
00:27:43.66\00:27:44.93
said, "It is written, 'Man
00:27:44.93\00:27:47.20
shall not live by bread alone,
00:27:47.20\00:27:48.80
but by every word that proceeds
00:27:48.80\00:27:51.20
out of the mouth of God.'"
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>> When we have our projects,
00:27:55.94\00:27:56.97
we don't wanna do handouts, we
00:27:56.97\00:27:58.77
wanna be able to teach people
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how to-- whether it's have a
00:28:00.11\00:28:02.64
livelihood or grow their own
00:28:02.64\00:28:04.91
food, but just be able to,
00:28:04.91\00:28:06.51
within the resources that are
00:28:06.51\00:28:07.92
available, be able to go
00:28:07.92\00:28:09.88
forward and be resilient on
00:28:09.88\00:28:11.69
their own after we're gone.
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[rolling barrel clattering]
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[people chattering]
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