Where HOME Trust provides support
Seeking to provide a healthy environment for orphan children, awakening their spirits while seeking a loving moment. With your help, we can save lives, build families and be a child's hope for love and belonging in this world.
HOME is working in Laikipia North district, in Rift valley province in Kenya; its offices are located in Doldol Township. The Laikipiak community is located between 1600m and 1800m above see level. It falls to the east of Euwaso Nyiro River. Rainfall is bimodal and unreliable with a total range of 250 to 400mm per year. The land is undulating and there are some rock outcrops in the area.
The community is settled within a rocky terrain on the northeastern edge of Laikipiak plateau. It falls under ECZ [4] & [5] with thorny bush land dominated by acacia and the most conspicuous grass species. Highest rainfall is on and around April-May and October-November. Soil moisture is 10%-20%. Average atmospheric temperatures ranges from 20-38 degrees Celsius with about 7-9 hours of sunshine daily.
Surroundings
Infrastructure
- There are very poorly developed infrastructures in the area. Roads are impassable during the wet season.
Land use
- Live stock farming is the main land use system with a slow development towards sedentary pastoralists.
Community
- The community is estimated at 24,000 people living in a special density of 15 people per square kilometer. 99% of the people are purely pastoralists and they move from place to place to look for water and pasture for their livestock.