# Pastoralists in Kenya

A woman fills a barrel at a watering point in Kula Mawe, Isiolo County. There is a small charge for the water, but it's to help the survival of both livestock and humans during the ongoing drought. Source: The New Humanitarian

Pastoralists are people whose primary source of income and food is livestock and livestock products. Pastoralist communities live a nomadic lifestyle which entails grazing animals on open-access pastures and migrating with them in response to seasonal variations.\ \ Changing weather patterns induced by climate change are threatening the livelihoods of pastoralist communities in the eastern Horn of Africa. The region is experiencing one of the worst droughts which already resulted in the loss of over 7 million livestock and put millions at risk of starvation in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.\ \ The goal of this campaign is to provide financial support to enrolled pastoralists in select Kenyan counties if the pasture conditions, as measured by remote-sensed technology, are deemed distressful. The cover amount intends to subsidize the provision of food for one livestock animal over a period of six months. ### 🔗 Campaign links * [Campaign #1](https://www.divaprotocol.io/posts/diva-donate-launch) during Mar-Apr-May 2023 rainy season * [Campaign #2](https://www.divaprotocol.io/posts/diva-conditional-donations-mcv-pilot) during Oct-Nov-Dec 2023 rainy season, in collaboration with Mercy Corps Ventures * [Campaign #3](https://www.divaprotocol.io/posts/diva-conditional-donations-pastoralists-3) during Mar-Apr-May 2024 rainy season * [Campaign #4](https://www.divadonate.xyz/posts/diva-conditional-donations-pastoralists-4) during Oct-Nov-Dec 2024 rainy season, in collaboration with Arbitrum * [Campaign #5](https://www.divadonate.xyz/posts/diva-conditional-donations-pastoralists-5) during Mar-Apr-May 2025 rainy season, in collaboration with Ripple --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://diva-donate.gitbook.io/campaigns/pastoralists-in-kenya.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.