Kenya

Kenya

1. Maasai Tribe

   • Maasai are Normadic they will move area to find water and grass for their animals.
   • Jobs For Women: Collect sticks for fire; Collect water for drinking, cooking and cleaning; Childcare; Bead Work; House Building. Jobs For Men: Guard animals (do not grow crops); Warriors
   • Maasai live in the South of Kenya. They are Pastoralists- herd cattle and goats
   • Enkang: Village; 20-50 huts; Thick torn hedge surrounds it to keep out wild animal; Maasai animals brought inside at night.

2. Climate

   • Rainfall
     • Maximum Ranfall: 200mm in April. Lowest Rainfall: 20mm in July.
   • Temperature
     • Maximum Temperature: 19 Degrees Celsius in January. Lowest Temperature: 16 Degrees Celsius. Half the year is dry and Half the year is wet. When it is wet it is warmer, when it is dry it is cooler
   • Climate Zones Of Kenya
     • Zone 1: Temperatures high not many plants, Many droughts
       • Zone 2: Warm, but a lot of rain
         • Zone 3: Very high land, Some rain- keeping ground fertile, Much cooler
           • Zone 4: Near Lake Victoria, high temperatures and high rainfall
             • Zone 5: Like zone 3 (good amount of rainfall and much cooler)

3. Tourism

   • Helps Maasai Tribe
     • Campi Ya Canzi is an eco- friendly hotel built by the Maasai tribe.
       • Stops Killing of lions as the Tribes people can earn money from it and traditionally a Tribesman would kill a lion if it ate his cattle, now the tribe can earn money to nuy new cattle and they won't have to kill the lions

4. Features Of Kenya

   • Mountains
     • Mt Kenya
     • Ndoto Mountains
     • Great Rift Valley
       • The Great Rift Valley is a big rift valley in Kenya. It is caused when the earths crust is pulled apart by he mantle (Magma). When it is pulled apart the Mantle creates new land.
   • Lakes
     • Lake Naivasha
     • Lake Magadi
     • Lake Turkana
     • Lake Baringo
     • Lake Victoria
   • Rivers
     • Nzoia River
     • Tana River
     • Galana River
   • Chalbi Desert
   • Surrounding Countries
     • Tanzania
     • Uganda
     • Ethiopia
     • Somalia
     • Sudan
   • The sea is calm, war and clear, it has coral reefs in it.
   • The East Coast is sunny and warm and has long sand beaches

5. Issues With Poor Water

   • Cholera
     • Water Aid
     • Infection of the intestines
       • Watery diarrhoea, vomiting and muscle cramps
         • Contaminated Faeces going into rivers where people drink
     • Treatment
       • Fluid Replacement; Antibiotics (shorten illness)- Without proper treatment 25%-50% of people will die of cholera
   • Water could be contaminated or dirty- could contain animal waste; Causes Infection; Distance- Long journey to get the water; Water is heavy- could cause long term physical damage especially for children- hard work; People wash in the same water that they go and drink; Children lose education time by going to collect water; Repetitive; Causes Deaths; Climate- High Temperatures- People sweat and lose more water.
     • People are not educated about hygeine

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