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Turkana tribe
Helping street children
How do we help
It is much more difficult for them to survive here than in cities
It is much more difficult for them to survive here than in cities
How we already help
Benson lives in two cities - Nairobi and Lodwar and helps Turkana children with food and medicine. He delivers all this himself, because there are no established supplies to the Turkana region. There are no schools either. And no hospitals.
14 children – 6 native and 8 adopted are brought up in Benson’s family. They took those children from the street.
We help Benson to feed the kids and transfer him $ 100 every month for food.
It should be $ 200 though
We send $50 every month, but it's needed ten times more
Who are Turkana
This is an ancient people of Africa living in a remote area - between the Kulal mountains with black volcanic ash, near Lake Rudolph. Almost a million Turkana live in Kenya.
The men sleep in the open, wearing a goatskin apron and a string of beads at their waist. And make complex hairstyles - with the obligatory clay hat (so that the wind does not blow everything out of the head). Women weave reed huts where they sleep with their children, and decorate their long necks with layered colored beads.
The tribe is peaceful and friendly, unlike the neighboring ones, so Turkana are to stay away from them. They are very hardy people, among whose representatives there is even an Olympic champion in running!
Despite its simplicity, Turkana live very hard. They do not eat fish - it is a historically taboo product. Turkana believe that only meat, milk or animal blood can provide them with strength. The tribe breeds cattle, but because of the poor nutrition - the cattle are driven to poor pastures through desert areas - cows and goats almost do not give milk. Animals are used more for ritual purposes. Therefore, Turkana's food is predominantly vegetable, but there are almost no conditions for agriculture here.
Unusual custom
If a couple of young people of the Turkana tribe decided to get married, then first they need to conceive and give birth to a baby, and then wait for the child... to take the first step. Only then the elder will say “yes”. Not everyone is waiting. This is one more historical argument in favor of abandoned children...
Who are Turkana
This is an ancient people of Africa living in a remote area - between the Kulal mountains with black volcanic ash, near Lake Rudolph. Almost a million Turkana live in Kenya.
The men sleep in the open, wearing a goatskin apron and a string of beads at their waist. And make complex hairstyles - with the obligatory clay hat (so that the wind does not blow everything out of the head). Women weave reed huts where they sleep with their children, and decorate their long necks with layered colored beads.
The tribe is peaceful and friendly, unlike the neighboring ones, so Turkana are to stay away from them. They are very hardy people, among whose representatives there is even an Olympic champion in running!
Despite its simplicity, Turkana live very hard. They do not eat fish - it is a historically taboo product. Turkana believe that only meat, milk or animal blood can provide them with strength. The tribe breeds cattle, but because of the poor nutrition - the cattle are driven to poor pastures through desert areas - cows and goats almost do not give milk. Animals are used more for ritual purposes. Therefore, Turkana's food is predominantly vegetable, but there are almost no conditions for agriculture here.
Unusual custom
If a couple of young people of the Turkana tribe decided to get married, then first they need to conceive and give birth to a baby, and then wait for the child... to take the first step. Only then the elder will say “yes”. Not everyone is waiting. This is one more historical argument in favor of abandoned children...
How to help
SWIFT-transfer
is on the Bulgarian language.
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