Pastoralists in the north of the country are watching their animals die as they journey further south in a desperate search for water and better grazing

  • Photographs by Patrick Meinhardt

At a roadside camp in Garissa, a group of pastoralists try to lift a camel from the ground using a large tree branch. Weakened by the drought in the north of Kenya, the camel needs help to get back on its feet to find pasture.

Kenya is facing its worst drought in decades, and the north – a region that has been marginalised for a long time – is disproportionately affected.

Ali Hillow Hassan photographed in March at the IDP camp on the outskirts of Garissa

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