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TITLE -Sengwer woman quest for livelihood after losing her forest home
Sengwer women are destitute. We meet Cherotich who is slaving away on the river banks. She wipes glistening beads of sweat from her forehead before speaking to me.
“We bend here all day. There is no telling if we will get a speck (of gold). If we fail, our children will sleep hungry,” she says. “I am a mother of five. On a good day I make Sh150. On other days I go home empty-handed. As night falls, the youngest child cries from hunger”.
Full story:https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/travel/Sengwer-community-Embobut-Forest/1950822-4648028-l2n6etz/index.html
“We bend here all day. There is no telling if we will get a speck (of gold). If we fail, our children will sleep hungry,” she says. “I am a mother of five. On a good day I make Sh150. On other days I go home empty-handed. As night falls, the youngest child cries from hunger”.
Full story:https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/travel/Sengwer-community-Embobut-Forest/1950822-4648028-l2n6etz/index.html