The residents of Isiolo, Kenya, are tired of increasing armed attacked on the main roads in the areas, which have claimed up to 200 lives in only six months. The predominantly Muslim population recently took the street to display their anger. - The residents blame the Kenyan government for having disarmed part of the population, leaving some tribes with arms: ‘The government disarmed only my community and but not neighboring tribes, thereby bringing chaos and daily burials in the Borana community’, Ismail Ali Galma, a local councilor said.

Women coming from ten families with about 20 children in Isiolo, Kenya, have launched a six-month mutual help fund in an effort to alleviate poverty. - This report tells more

Isiolo communities are progressively adopting fish farming following prolonged drought that has rendered cattle rearing difficult. - After five years of prolonged drought in the area, pastrolists borrowed the idea from neighbouring areas, where other communities had started engaging into fish farming ‘We inherited cattle rearing from our ancestors but after drought we lost most of our livestock’, Mr. Abdullahi, a pastoralist, said.

Tens of former street children currently taken in charge by Fursa Rehabilitation Centre in Isiolo, Kenya, have been provided the needed basics of life for the last twelve months. They can eat, drink and attend school. - This report show them celebrating the first anniversary of the charity.

A local Yorganization called Isiolo youth against Aids and Poverty recently conducted a campaign in Isiolo, Kenya, to educate locals on the use of condoms, on HIV prevention and on testing to avoid the spread of the disease. - This report provides more details

The village of Gambela, in Kenya, is heavily dependent on a local stream that irrigates and fertilizes farms in the area. It also keeps pastures green for cattle. - This report delivers the views of those benefiting from that vital river.

Street kids in Isiolo, Kenya, were recently celebrating the first anniversary of their centre known as Fursa. The centre not only provided them with clothing and food, but more importantly with education and hope for the future. - This mobile report shows part of the celebration.

The pastoralist communities in Isiolo,Kenya, heavily rely on Commeline bengaline, an herb reputed for its medicinal properties. Besides, the herb also chases away malaria-causing mosquitoes and attract honey-producing bees. - This report sheds more light on that.

Pastoralist communities in Isiolo, Kenya, are harvesting their first crops after a campaign had urged them to engage in other activities than cattle and livestock rearing. This campaign was mainly motivated by the recent prolonged drought, which caused the death of many cows and livestock, leaving many pastoralists in indigence - Adan Ali, a resident of Isiolo explains that communities are now less dependent on livestock and are less exposed to the crisis of the last season when herds were decimated by drought.

Residents of Isiolo, Kenya, are very familiar with diesel, not through its use for cars, but mostly for its use in homes, farms, and restaurants to chase insects away. That way, they are assured of not getting diarrhea or other diseases caused by poor hygiene, mostly symbolized by the presence of flies. - Diesal is also used in forests and bushes where the mostly pastoralist community keeps its cattle and livestock. To keep scorpions and snakes away from their pastures, they use diesel. In this report, Hasim Abdub, a herder, explains how this magical solution has been working in the last six years.

A local community bank has been launched in Isiolo, Kenya, in an effort to help local save money. The initiative of an association called Youth Against AIDS and Poverty, targets the poor and HIV-infected or affected people. - This report is about a training that took place a few days ago to inform community members about the advantages they should expect from the initiative.

Communities in Isiolo, Kenya, still rely on donkeys as transport means. It costs nothing and is ready whenever needed, which is not the case for cars. - In this report, Halima Abdi explains more.

The inhabitants of Isiolo, Kenya, are urging the government and all other well-wishers to help them get rid of the Mathenge plant, which they hold to destroy both nature and livestock, but also to be danderous for human beings. - This report gives more detail about the dangers of that plant.

Walladhagena women group is composed of dozens of women in Isiolo, Kenya, and have engaged in various business activities to generate money that is used to assist the needy and the orphans. - Among those activities, are a successful bakery, and some guest house projects in the area.

Youths in the semi-arid region of Isiolo in Kenya, are more and more engaging in income-generating activities, taking advantage of available material. - In this report, one local youth leader tells more

Youths in the countryside town of Isiolo, Kenya, are massively using Facebook and other online social communication technologies to communicate with the rest of the world. - In this mobile report, Mrs. Habiba Ali, a local youth representative shares her views on the uses of the Internet in general, and of Facebook in particular.

As the heart of the African continent beats from Angola, where the African Cup of Nation has been taking place for over a week now, young football players in Isiolo, Kenya, follow closely all the games. They want to enjoy themselves but, unlike non-players, they want to learn from the African heroes. - This mobile report shows how a local football club takes advantage of the tournament

In Isiolo, Kenya, one finds different sorts of cloths both for men and women. They include buibui, dirai, guntina, shashi, lenso, and Ketenge among others for women, and kanzu, shirt and trousers for men. What is remarked is that clothing is a women’s business. - This report takes us to one of the workshops.

The inhabitants of Isiolo in Kenya have had access to Internet for now a few years, but that access is not only limited to 20 percent of the 90,000 inhabitants, and is not regular. - This mobile reports takes us to one Internet café

Like other parts of Kenya, Isiolo is currently enjoying rains that ended a catastrophic drought. However, these rains have caused an outbreak of malaria, as mosquitoes now have breeding fields due to the fast-growing bushes and stagnating waters. - Over 20 people are admitted in the local hospital everyday. This mobile report tells and shows more

In pastoralist communities, especially in the Isiolo area, have a strong sense of beauty and esthetics, which they express through clothing, but more remarkably through henna decoration among women. Beside being a beauty-making product, Henna has also become business, and helps those engaged in it to generate income. - This short mobile report tells and shows more about it.

The Kenyan women who started three years ago in Isiolo an income-generating project based on local materials hope to make huge profit in this end-of-the-year period. Their trade consists in manufacturing belts, necklaces, and ribbons, among other items, using locally available raw materials. - Miss Winley Ewoi, a pastoralist lady explains that her monthly earning amount to about 3,000 Ksh a month. In this special month of December, she expects to make 10,000 to 20,000.

A free HIV testing and education campaign took place on 4 December in Isiolo with the aim to encourage a maximum of them to know their status and to change their sexual behaviour. The HIV infection rate in 13 percent in Kenya, but it is only 7.5 percent in Isiolo. - The day was marked by many other activities, including entertainment.

Abdinur Jirma started the Isiolo (Kenya) Reptile Centre in 2007 soon after ending his high school education. The aim was to earn a living while creating awareness on local wild life. Since then, Jirma’s centre has created jobs and offered opportunities to locals to sell their souvenirs to passing foreign tourists. - Jirma’s project received impetus when he won 350,000 Ksh after a contest organized by the ministry of youth affairs. The Centre employs now over 150 young people, all from the area.

Fursa children centre is rehabilitation centre in Isiolo that cater for street children Education and striving to protect their rights among other core activities. The rehabilitation centre is an initiative of local communities taking responsibility to improve the life of street children. - The centre started in 2003 with 27 street children's and 15 committee members from local communities. This mobile reports, takes you into the centre.