On Thursday 11th August, 2 Lorries left Nairobi for Wajir, each carrying over 18 tonnes of food. Our volunteers first passed through Garissa and finally rested in Habarsweni for the night.

The following morning our team pass through the Awlia Dam in Dujis Constituency. The land is baron and dry, desperate for water and giving no indication there was ever a dam there at all. The roads around the land are littered with dead animals who have made the trek here for water in vain and simply gave up from exhaustion. The same afternoon our volunteers made their way through a village called Dil Mayale, which translated means 'The Place Of Mosquitoes', once again this landscape held the gruelling image of animals carcasses across the road, providing a snack for the Marabou Stalks, otherwise known as the undertaker bird.

The volunteers reached Habarsweni that evening. The land around them resembles a dessert now, the drought has made the land look as though it could cry out for moisture through the cracks in it's hard surface. The team spent the night here, tired but in high spirits for the task ahead of them the next day.

A 4:30am start for our selfless volunteers immediately began the process that comes from your donations. The team took aid to Garse, where the villagers had been given vouchers depending on the seriousness of each villager's situation. The food was delivered to a total of 1,540 households. This is an amazing feat accomplished by our team and we are as proud of them as they are of themselves. The children of the village were given sweets, bringing a smile to each of their faces. One of the village elders said 'Ne me shiba' meaning I am satisfied.

After our team made a gracious offering to the village of Garse they move onto Bulle Jogoo, but they drive through Giriftu on the way. This is not a scheduled stop for our team, nor is it an easy one to get to. After travelling for hours away from the village of Garse they finally pass through Giriftu village. Here they handed out 100 food parcels, a drum of dates and relinquished all of their water so the villagers could drink.

Back on the road again and our team make it to Bulle Jogoo. One volunteer recalls passing another small village along the way and tells us in his report 'This land used to be very fertile. Thousands of animals would make the trip here to graze and drink from the land. Now all the eye can see is dried, withered acacia tree's'.

Once they settle into Bulle Jogoo the distribution begins; the team deliver to 420 people.

After the long day of distribution our team then had to make the massive round trip back to Nairobi. All exhausted and tired they are delighted to hear news from the towns they had helped on the way back. One elder in Garse was said to be so overcome and confused at the same time as to where the food had come from. He exclaimed 'it has fallen from the heavens!' The elder thanked and prayed for the team of volunteers and our donors, saying the food could not have come at a more valuable time.