He began selling honey in February after his father, the family’s main breadwinner, became bedridden with illness. Abukar took on responsibility for supporting his parents and siblings. Starting with a $150 loan, he now makes around $10 a day from his average daily sales of four litres of honey.

“This job has made it easier for me to carry a lot of burdens,” he said. “I have to pay the rent, I have to pay the bills, I have to buy my sick father’s medicine, and fees for my siblings who dropped out of school when my father couldn’t pay.”

In June, Abukar managed to enroll three of his younger siblings at Alnuur middle school, paying fees totalling $18 a month. He has also succeeded in returning to complete his own higher education.

“I was studying at university, but when my father became ill, the money for my education was no longer available and I stopped in my second semester. When the business improved, I returned to university. I thank God, this work has changed our lives,” he said.

Around 80 young people in this town in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region are now making a decent living from honey sales. They come from poor families that have struggled to manage their basic needs due to adversity and diminishing livelihood opportunities.

Abukar buys honey from beekeepers around Marka, which he sells for $16 a litre giving him a $2.50 profit margin. He says he has big plans for the future:

“I would like to expand this business to other places, from Mogadishu to Barawe and from Galkayo to Garowe, and open branches. I dream of becoming a major trader! For now, I am a small trader, but I want to establish my own bee farm and become one of those producing honey. That is my ambition,” he said.

Another youth, Liban Hashim Nuune, 26, has been selling honey since April. He took responsibility for his family after his older brother disappeared on a migration journey overseas.

Liban’s honey sales allow his family of seven to eat three meals a day and enable him to pay the $25 school fees for five younger siblings

“My father died and my older brother who was supporting the family left the country,” he said. “Apart from God, I am the one the family depends on.”

Liban started with $100 borrowed from relatives and has since repaid the loan. He estimates that the business is now worth about $1,650, based on the value of his stock and savings.

His interest in honey grew after speaking with others already in the trade, who gave him tips and information. He sources honey from Siinay, about 18 kilometres outside Marka.

He is proud that his income has led to an improvement in his family’s living conditions, enabling them to move of a dilapidated one-room into a two-room rental house costing $30 a month.

Despite some customers being slow to repay when they buy honey on credit, he is glad to have ventured into the trade and hopes to establish a shop in town as a step up from selling door to door:

“I tell young people not to look down on small businesses. Small businesses can grow over time. Someone whose business is small today can become a successful trader tomorrow.”

The chairman of a committee representing honey traders in Marka, Mohamed Hussein Mohamed, said the livelihood was helping many low income families, although one of the main challenges was seasonal supply of honey. During the rainy season, honey from distant production areas becomes harder to transport to town.

“The white honey mainly comes from areas such as Tiyeglow and Baidoa. The red honey comes from Lower Shabelle and Hiran. Those areas are far away and the roads are difficult, especially during the rainy season, which creates challenges for us,” he explained.

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The families were given two weeks’ notice by the private landowners to leave Shabelle camp, on the outskirts of Garowe, in early July. They had lived there rent-free, whilst various services and facilities were established in the camp by aid agencies and the local authorities.

Shabelle camp, about one square kilometre in size, is one of nine camps known together as the Jowle IDP complex. There is concern that the other camps may also be emptied out as the city undergoes growth and development.

Many families from Shabelle moved with few belongings to a plot of open land about eight kilometres from the city. There are no services there and few job opportunities due to its distance from the urban centre.

Mutaad Ibrahim Hassan, a widow with 11 children, had been supporting her family on the $4 a day she earned doing odd laundry and rubbish-collection jobs in Shabelle camp. The eviction has cut her off from that work, as transport to Garowe costs about half a dollar.

She says she is now depending on food bought on credit from the few small traders who also relocated to the new settlement.

“The last time I cooked for my children was last night. It was already 11 at night when I could no longer bear their crying, so I borrowed half a kilo of beans. I don’t have a job anymore. The town where we used to work is now far away, and there is nowhere else for us to earn a living,” she told Radio Ergo.

They brought the corrugated iron sheets and timber from their old shelter with them, but she has no money to rebuild it. She and her children sleep with neighbours, who managed to put up a house, and spend the day sheltering outside under trees.

“The landowners told us to leave because they needed their land back. We explained that we had nothing, but they didn’t listen to us. We are facing many difficulties here where we are now. We have no food, water or toilets. We have no means to cope,” Mutaad said.

The new settlement has no reliable water source. Mutaad borrows or begs a jerrycan from better-off families, as she can’t afford the 40 cents per jerrycan from private vendors.

Four of her children had been receiving free primary education at a school in Shabelle camp supported by Puntland’s Ministry of Education. There are no schools in the new place and she can’t afford to send them to fee-paying schools in Garowe. She fears the children, in grades two, three and five, will lose their education altogether.

She accumulated $25 in debt in just the past two weeks and fears the traders will refuse to give them more food on credit as the debt rises.

Only a few displaced families have managed to rebuild their shops or homes in the new area, usually with support from relatives. Most feel stranded without any opportunity.

Abdirahman Hassan Mudey, a father of 12, was a construction worker. He has been unable to work since the beginning of the year after falling ill and suffering paralysis in one arm and one leg.

In Shabelle camp, his wife earned around $3 a day from laundry work. Now they are depending on food she gets by asking better-off households for help.

“My 10 children depend on me, but as their father I am now disabled,” he said. “I was the one who worked for my children, but now I am sitting at home disabled.”

They left their makeshift shelter behind because they couldn’t afford transport for the materials. They are sharing a small shelter made from old plastic sheets and sticks that’s too small for the whole family.

Abdirahman said they miss access to the maternal and child health centre in Shabelle camp that was supported by Puntland’s health authorities. He can’t afford to pay for medical services in Garowe if anyone in the family becomes sick.

Seven of his children have had to drop out of school and Koranic classes: “They have nowhere to study and have become stuck at home. There is neither a Koranic school nor a regular school where we are. What will benefit them in the future is education. It is very important to me that they get an education, and I need help to make that possible.”

The chairman of the former Shabelle camp, Abdi Mallin Sabir, said the families were living now in extremely difficult conditions. The majority were children, women, elderly and people with disabilities.

“Some are living in shelters made from corrugated sheets that are open at the top. Others sleep in the open at night. There is no electricity and it’s dark. There are no health centres here. Previously, people could walk to work in the town because it was nearby. Now the town is far away, and it’s difficult for people to get there. Transport is limited, and what is available is expensive,” he said.

Abdi reported that a total of 1,042 families were displaced from the former camp. They have named the new settlement Shabelle as well, hoping for renewed recognition and support from aid groups and authorities. He said they had received no response yet to their appeals to the Garowe administration and humanitarian organisations.

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Asma began the service in May as part of a group of eight young teachers, visiting densely populated neighbourhoods across the city where there are few schools. The work provides her with a source of income and enables those who otherwise miss out to get educated. Each family pays between $5 and $10 a month, depending on what they can afford.

“We first explain to the parents what we teach and the lessons we can help their children with. We also show them how we teach and give them a short trial period so they can see the changes and progress their children are making. Once a family is satisfied with the way we teach, they then help us connect with other families,” Asma explained.

Her interest in teaching began when she was in middle school. Teaching now earns her between $150 and $200 a month that supports her family of six, who have also faced their own hardship.

Asma became the main provider for the household after her father, who worked as a house painter, lost his job with a company in February. After several difficult months during which the family struggled to afford food, she began taking on the teaching work. She is now able to cover household food costs and contribute to the education of her younger siblings.

“Financial hardship was the main reason I took this step. At the same time, we knew this service would benefit the community because many families cannot afford to send all their children to expensive schools. So this work helps both us and the community,” she said.

Demand for the service is growing as more families learn about it through the teachers’ door-to-door outreach.

“We try to teach each person according to their level of knowledge and what suits them. For a young child, we make the lessons simple and interesting, and we encourage them with kind words and praise,” she said. “For adults, we show them that education has no age limit and that learning can help them in their daily lives.”

A committee oversees the programme with nearly 200 young teachers, organised into different groups, now earning an income through home-based teaching. Most are recent secondary school graduates, like Nuura Ali Ahmed, 20, who joined the programme after completing secondary school at Sheikh Ali Ibrahim School this year.

She teaches in more than 40 homes across Hargeisa, mornings and afternoons, earning $200 to $300 a month. She contributes towards her family’s food, electricity and water, whilst saving up for her own education.

“My plan is to join university once I have enough money. I want to continue my education, but I don’t want to stop this work. If I get more clients, I would like to bring other young people into the work so that they can also earn an income,” she told Radio Ergo.

“I would advise young people not to wait only for formal employment. Everyone has knowledge or a skill that can benefit the community. If you have been educated, teach others. I started this work with the little knowledge I had, but today it helps me support my family and continue my education.”

Nuura began teaching in April and initially struggled to gain the trust of some parents. She said continued engagement and explanation of the programme eventually convinced more families to enrol their children.

The teachers work independently across Hargeisa, responding to the shortage of affordable education in some neighbourhoods. Families with limited incomes are offered lessons at lower rates. Each household typically has at least three learners, including children and adults.

Malyuun Omar Hussein, a parent, has enrolled her seven children, the youngest aged five. She bought a blackboard and other learning materials for the lessons held at home and pays $5 a month, about a quarter of what it would cost to send the children to school.

“My children are now students. They have been receiving lessons for two months,” she said. “They charge us a small and affordable fee to teach the children. It has benefited us, and the children understand the lessons well.”

Malyuun said she was considering giving up on the children’s educations because school fees of around $6 per child were difficult for the family to afford. Her husband, whose work is irregular, is the main source of household income.

The children are studying mathematics, Somali language, social studies and other basic lessons at home. Seeing their progress has encouraged Malyuun to consider joining the lessons herself.

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Mohamed Adan Dhoore, who lives in Hodayga, has lost 50 camels and goats. He has 37 animals left, but 18 are sick and he is not confident they will survive.

The decline in his herd has severely affected his family of 14, which relies on milk and livestock sales. Their relatives in Abudwak occasionally provide them with food to help them out.

“We have lost the livestock we depended on. They became sick, and what we used to earn from selling them and their products has disappeared. Our family used to cook three times a day, but now we manage only once. We have no lunch or breakfast; the situation is very difficult,” he said.

Local shops stopped extending him credit at the end of June after his debt exceeded $700. He had repaid his previous debts when rainfall improved and his animals recovered.

He said he tried treating the sick animals with medicines bought on credit, but stopped after seeing no improvement and running out of money. There are no veterinary services in his village, and he can’t afford to bring a veterinarian from elsewhere.

Mohamed, who has spent more than 30 years as a pastoralist in Galgadud, said he had never experienced such severe conditions. With his livestock dying, and no other livelihood skills, he fears his family may be forced to leave their home.

The household is also struggling to access water. They collect 20 litres every 24 hours from a privately owned well three kilometres away, carrying it home because they have no transport.

In Jaleel, 15 kilometres north of Abudwak, Abdirisak Shaiye Adan said livestock disease had similarly devastated his household of 11. He has only 46 animals left out of thee 300 camels and goats his family once depended on.

The surviving animals produce little or no milk, cannot be sold easily and still require water and feed that the family cannot afford.

Abdirisak does occasional stone-breaking work, earning between $3 and $5 a week. When he finds no work, his children go without food.

“People’s lives are at risk. It has affected us badly. We eat once or twice a day. There is no market where we can take an animal, there’s no meat and no milk. The animals that were pregnant have died or miscarried. They had no pasture to feed on, so their productivity disappeared along with them,” he told Radio Ergo.

The family cannot afford a water container costing $8, forcing them to ask neighbours for a few litres each day.

Three of Abdirisak’s children have been sick for the past two months. He said he cannot afford medical tests, medicines or transport to a health facility. The children, aged between one and 12, have recurring fevers and severe weakness.

“The children are wasting away as I speak to you. None of them has died, but they are suffering badly and are very weak.,” he said. “I have nothing to treat them with. I can’t seek medicine or even find money to transport them. I have nothing left to give them.”

The financial pressure has disrupted their education. Two of Abdirisak’s children were expelled from Koranic school in June after he failed to pay two months of fees at $3 per child.

Gallad Mohamed Ibrahim, a livestock specialist who reviewed the symptoms reported by the pastoralists, said the diseases could include respiratory infections, sheep and goat pox, poisoning and mange disease. He linked the risks to changing weather patterns, the concentration of livestock, and worsening pasture conditions.

He advised pastoralists to provide clean water and adequate feed, isolate sick animals and seek veterinary assistance as soon as symptoms appeared. He also recommended timely vaccination and collective action among pastoralist communities to make treatment more accessible.

Gallad said government agencies and aid organisations had a role to play in supporting communities facing the combined effects of livestock disease, drought and climate-related pressures.

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The three-kilometre section of road through Galbeed neighbourhood – which is part of a larger 100 kilometre road project connecting El-Dahir and Badhan – has stimulated the opening up of roadside businesses.

One of these is Fadumo Mohamud Shire’s, who turned one room in her two-room house into a small shop making at least $8 profit a day.

“Our lives have improved greatly. I never imagined things would change like this. We have moved out of the hardship we were in. My business is doing well and I make a good profit every day. I sell food, run a small shop, have a refrigerator and sell clothes. This road has brought light to us after we were living in darkness,” she told Radio Ergo.

Fadumo, a widow raising six children, had days when she could not find enough food to cook. She opened the shop in early May after taking a $500 bank loan secured against her home and has already repaid the full loan.

She estimates the value of her business at $2,000 and hopes to expand it further. The income has allowed her to enroll three of her children in school for the first time, paying $30 a month in fees.

More than 200 new businesses have sprung up run by low-income families since the Galbeed road opened.

Kaltun Omar Hassan has set up a small stall selling household goods and tea outside a relative’s house. It has helped her support her family of 10 independently, instead of relying on help from others.

“Life was very different before this road,” she said. “The passing vehicles buy water and food from me, and that has brought a lot to our lives,” she said.

Kaltun, 40, and her children were displaced from rural areas around Badhan two years ago after her 140 goats were killed in the drought.

Having gained confidence in a new livelihood, she moved her children out of the room they were staying in with relatives into a two-room rented house, paying $30 a month. She is saving part of her earnings to buy a house.

In June, she enrolled four of her children in school, paying $40 a month, and hopes to send the others to school as her business grows.

“I see it as my responsibility to provide for their health, education and food, and thank God I can do that. I get everything I need for my family from this business. Both my children and I have benefited from it,” she said.

Kaltun’s café was one of the first shops opened on the road. She has paid off the $800 she borrowed from relatives to start it and plans to move the café to larger premises as demand increases.

The road was funded by the British Embassy in Somalia in partnership with the Somalia Stability Fund and Puntland’s Ministry of Transport and Roads.

Mohamed Muse Ali, appointed by Badhan local authority to oversee the programme, said the project was intended to improve transport links and strengthen economic infrastructure in growing communities.

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The nutritional food is produced locally using peanuts, sesame, beans, maize and wheat. Medical professionals at the organisation TREVESOM say the supplement provides children with protein and essential nutrients needed for growth and development.

Supported by local businesspeople, the initiative is an effort to fill the gaps in nutritional services left by the decline in aid and internationally funded programmes in Somalia.

TREVESOM’s chief executive officer, Dr Shafi Mohamed, said they launched the programme called NUTHUP in February and are providing regular nutritional support to 200 children from vulnerable displaced families who can’t access enough food.

He emphasised that this was a local solution that reduced reliance on external aid, catalysing local funds and resources as well as volunteer workers.

“This nutritional food is produced locally in Somalia. It is made from peanuts and other nutritious ingredients that are carefully combined to provide children with food rich in energy, protein and essential nutrients needed for their growth and health,” Dr Shafi told Radio Ergo.

The children registered in NUTHUP receive three to six kilograms of the nutritional food every month. The supplements are eaten twice a day.

Displaced mother, Maryan Hassan Ali, has three children in the programme. She is pleased with their weight gain and growth.

“I have seen a big change in the children since I started giving them the nutritional food. When they were malnourished, we struggled a lot, but now they are eating well and their appearance has improved. One child who has not yet received the nutritional food is still in a poor condition, and I hope they will be included this month,” she said.

She is raising her eight children alone in Barwaaqo camp in Mogadishu’s Daynile district on less than $4 a day from odd laundry work. She came to Mogadishu after fleeing a rural part of Wanlaweyn in Lower Shabelle in October 2025, when her husband was killed in clan conflict and the small grocery shop that supported the family was destroyed.

Her children were assessed by TREVESOM doctors and found to be suffering from malnutrition. She says access to food has been a constant struggle since the family was displaced. She bought medicines that she thought would help the children from pharmacies on credit, leaving her with a debt of $370.

“They come every day asking me to pay the money, but I do not know where I will get it,” she said. “At the time, I took the medicine hoping that the children would be treated and that I would be able to repay the debt later.”

Another mother of seven, Asli Mahmoud Yusuf, came to Mogadishu from Yaaqbariweyne in Lower Shabelle in June 2025 because of insecurity. Her family had depended on a one-hectare farm where they grew vegetables. She lives with her children in a hut earning $3 a day from laundry work.

Four of her children are enrolled in the NUTHUP programme. She says the support was the first regular assistance her family had received in months and that her children’s health had greatly improved.

“They couldn’t eat or even drink water. Now they have recovered, their appearance has improved, and they are eating well. Their biggest problem before was anaemia,” she said.

Dr Shafi said children receiving the food were regularly monitored to assess their recovery.

“We have seen many children who initially had low weight and showed signs of weakness. After receiving this nutritional food, they began eating better, gaining weight and becoming more active,” he said, adding: “This shows us that locally developed solutions can play an important role in addressing malnutrition.”

The organisation plans this year to enroll at least 200 more malnourished children from among displaced families facing food shortages.

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The families have sought refuge in Fanole and Afar-wab Dhoobey internal displacement camps outside the city of Baidoa. They had to leave behind their farms with crops on the fields ready to harvest.

Adan Ibrahim Noor, 38, was harvesting sorghum, beans, and vegetables when fighting erupted on 5 August. He’d been planning to harvest gradually and store enough food for the lean times before the next season.

His five-hectare farm had earlier been beset by poor rainfall and pest infestations, but this harvest was his hope for recovery.

“The fighting destroyed the farms. Even the donkey I had in the neighbourhood for transport was hit by a stray bullet and died. We had good grain on the farm, but everyone fled. Livestock were allowed in to graze on it. We can’t tell whether anything is left,” he told Radio Ergo.

The family walked for six hours to reach Fanole camp, where they found no basic services available. The nearest free water source is a 30-minute walk away. Four of his seven children have been sick for a week, but he can’t afford to take them to private health facilities.

He has a $300 debt from investments on the farm. His children also miss the Koranic school they were attending at home.

“The biggest difficulty I face now is having nothing to give my children. Before the fighting, our life was good. After the fighting broke out, me and all my children are grappling with food shortage,” he said.

The inter-clan violence in the areas of Welgadude, Yaqle and Daawudow, about 15-30 kilometres south of the city, is long-standing and remains unresolved. Radio Ergo was able to confirm that a total of five people from the two sides had been killed, with one of them dying in hospital of severe injuries.

Ekow Ishaq Mohamed, 45, fled her home in Qoriile village, leaving behind 100 kilograms of stored sorghum and maize, her house and household belongings. She had been expecting to harvest her farm this month.

She arrived in Afar-waab Dhoobey camp in Baidoa with her elderly husband and 11 children. They had lived in their village for more than 30 years. It took them two days to reach Baidoa. In the camp, they can only depend on what others who arrived before them can share.

“The displacement has brought us many problems. When we fled, my children, their father and I stayed with pastoralist families along the way. We suffered for two days, hiding and struggling, and that is how we reached Baidoa,” she explained.

“The sleeping conditions in this camp are very bad. We carried whatever we could on our backs and came without a vehicle. We sleep on bare ground with the mat. We had no opportunity to bring much with us.”

The nearest water source is two kilometres away and the family can’t afford to buy enough. She has to ask other families for 20 litres for drinking and cooking.

Ekow doesn’t know whether her farm is still intact and has been thinking of going back to harvest the crops, although the ongoing insecurity would make it dangerous. She is worried about her children’s future as they are out of school now.

“Five of them were attending school. Forget school for now! They have been psychologically affected by the fighting and are constantly on edge.”

She owes $500 for expenses she incurred on the farm, including seeds, cultivation, spraying and labour, and doesn’t know how she will replay the debts.

The chairman of Fanole and Afar-wab Dhoobey camps, Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed, said the newly arrived families had joined those already struggling to meet their own daily needs. New arrivals continued to reach the camps empty-handed from the conflict areas.

“We have nothing to give them. They have no homes, there is no water in the camp, and they have no food. Some of these people have travelled for up to four days. We are asking the administration and humanitarian organisations to help these people in whatever way they can,” the camp chairman said.

The two IDP camps had an existing population of 350 families who have lived there for years with little support from aid groups or government authorities for basic services.

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Their weakened animals cannot withstand another journey, and they have no money to hire trucks to transport their livestock and families either back to where they came from or on to another location.

Abdikarim Sulub Mohamed moved his family and livestock from Ina-Guuha, north of Hargeisa, hoping to find pasture and water in Qool-adey in Marodi-Jeh region in April. However, he has lost 16 camels and almost half of his goats and fears the total demise of his family’s only source of income.

“Our animals arrived here already weakened by drought,” he told Radio Ergo. “They have not recovered because they never found enough pasture after coming here. The goats have almost all disappeared. We can’t bring back those that have died, and many more are close to dying. Unless it rains soon, I fear we will lose even more.”

Abdikarim has only 17 camels and 10 goats left. These animals are too frail to produce milk or other income. They can’t be sold as livestock prices are low. They also can’t walk to another place due to their weakened condition.

His family of six barely finds enough food and water themselves and often go hungry unless neighbours share what little they have.

“There are shops that have been giving me food on credit, but sometimes I feel too ashamed to ask again. Even when I desperately need help, I hesitate because I know how much I already owe. In the end, necessity forces me to ask,” Abdikarim said.

His debts accumulated over recent months have reached $1,000. Local shopkeepers are demanding that he repay before getting further credit for food supplies. For years, the family depended on milk and occasional livestock sales. Today, both sources of income have disappeared.

“What worries me most is the debt. Debt brings no peace in this life or the next. It weighs heavily on my mind every day. My family depends entirely on food bought on credit, and that burden is becoming harder to carry.”

Abdikarim has no money for veterinary services and has watched his camels develop a disease affecting their mouths, preventing them from grazing until they die. He believes drought weakened the animals, leaving them vulnerable to disease.

Another herder, Ahmed Mohamed Diigale, who migrated 35 kilometres from Balli-abane, is facing similar hardship stuck in Qool-adey. Drought, water shortage and livestock disease have killed seven of his camels and 64 goats since January, leaving him with just 10 camels and 30 goats.

Ahmed says he faces an impossible choice between feeding his family of nine and keeping his animals alive.

“Our situation improved briefly after some rain fell, but now it has become difficult again. The land has dried up, and the strong winds have made life even harder. Our shelter is very weak. It is just plastic sheeting that the wind tears apart. That is one of the many hardships we are facing.”

Families contribute collectively to hire water trucks that deliver from Geed Deeble, 50 kilometres away, after wells in the area dried up. But Ahmed can’t afford his household’s $5 share of the $50 cost per delivery and has to ask neighbours for whatever water they can spare.

He occasionally asks relatives in Hargeisa for help. They are able to send him no more than about $5 a week, which falls far short of meeting the family’s needs.

When the families first arrived, the areas of Qool-adey and Ubaale had enough grazing to sustain their animals. But as more pastoralists arrived with their herds, the pasture was soon exhausted. Disease also spread among the crowded livestock, accelerating losses.

The local area commissioner, Mubarik Sugule Mohamed, said the displaced families had nowhere else to go as drought had affected much of the surrounding region. Hundreds migrated from Garabis, Ina-Guuha, Balli-abane and other drought-affected areas to Qool-adey and Ubaale, where they are stranded.

The authorities have appealed to humanitarian organisations and other donors for assistance.

“People have lost the ability to cope. They keep searching for somewhere better to move, but they have found nowhere with better grazing. Only a few places received rain,” he said. “The greatest needs are food and shelter because the livestock are weak and no longer producing milk. We are anxiously waiting for rain.”

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