Eng'eno Eishoi Ng'ejuk (Knowledge for the Young Generation)
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This is a shortened version of a film made by Maasai pastoralists, living near Oltepesi in Kenya, in March 2009. It documents the devastating impacts of a seemingly endless drought across the region that killed livestock and people, threatened livelihoods and caused wide-spread suffering to many of the indigenous pastoralist communities.
Nomadic pastoralists, like the Maasai, face tremendous pressures on their traditional way of life from other groups, their own government, and now climate change. Yet, their traditions and knowledge make them more adaptable than most. For these reasons, InsightShare, through the Conversations with the Earth project, worked with a small group of Maasai men and women in Kenya to make a film on the current climate situation and solutions this group saw to solve this crisis.
When we first worked with the group of Maasai participants in Oltepesi, some of them still had cattles in their herd. Now, the prolonged drought has decimated most, if not all, their cattle. Some of them traveled to Copenhagen for the climate change negotations, and meanwhile that experience for them was new and enriching, they are not waiting for international negotiations to make a difference in their lives. They are taking action at home. Watch the film to see what their opinions and thoughts on possible local solutions. ‘Eng'eno Eishoi Ng'ejuk (Knowledge for the Young Generation)’ was made by the Kenya Hub as part of the Conversations with the Earth (CWE) project.
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“Due to the prolonged drought, many families lost all their livestock. When you interview them and ask them how many livestock they have lost they break down in tears. Since you also come from that community you are emotionally affected too."
Stanley Selian Konini
Kenya Hub Facilitator
"Climate change is affecting our culture. Cattle, in particular, have an importance that goes beyond meat production. Cattle are traditionally used for paying dowries and blessings.”
Stanley Selian Konini
Kenya Hub Facilitator
This Work, Eng'eno Eishoi Ng'ejuk (Knowledge for the Young Generation), by InsightShare is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.