The people of Kenya are renowned for being warm and welcoming. There are over 30 different tribes here, and the predominant religions are Christianity and Islam. There are many big cities in Kenya and many small villages that are mostly farming communities. People in the big cities live like most other parts of the world, but smaller rural villages are usually impoverished. They often do not have running water or electricity, and few have reliable means of transportation.
Water is of great importance here. Those in rural, poor communities often have to haul water several miles for their families to drink or bathe with. They also have to walk their livestock long distances to sources of fresh water.
This close to the equator, climate change is making droughts last longer, so access to sufficient quantities of fresh water is getting harder and harder.
Several community water points (they call them boreholes, you'd call them wells) have been established around here, but even these can dry up when it hasn't rained in a very long time. This year, for example, the dry season brought over six months without any significant rain.
