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For Kenyan schoolteacher Simon Ewoi, having an iron-sheet roof on his house has been a source of pride - and a symbol of prosperity - in a village where thatched-grass roofs are the norm.
To manage the intense heat, many rural people are replacing or supplementing iron-roofed homes with buildings thatched with grass, palm fronds or water reeds
But serving my community this way means a lot to me because they are able to understand and take action against disasters," Ewaar told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in his village in Turkana county. Kenya is suffering one of its worst droughts in decades https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/usaid-provide-kenya-with-255-mln-drought-administrator-2022-07-22, and the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in June said the number of people facing hunger and starvation as a result had risen to 4.1 million - a 17% increase on the previous month.
Working with two colleagues, the 24-year-old pored over a disaster alert bulletin - issued by the government drought agency - that he planned to translate from English into the local Turkana language to share by word of mouth and over the radio. "Translating is a difficult task.
Young volunteers in the east African nation are spreading the word about extreme weather such as drought as climate change worsens