Maasai women resort to fish farming to avert effects of climate change

Like many other Maasai women, fish farmer Charity Oltinki was previously engaged in beadwork, but found the profession to be unprofitable.

Her husband, the primary breadwinner, was responsible for managing their cattle.

But the severe drought that struck the Horn of Africa from 2020 to 2023 killed almost 100 of their cows, and only 50 sheep of their 300-strong flock survived.

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