The Maasai And The Tanzanian Drought

NGORONGORO, TANZANIA - NOVEMBER 2004: Maasai woman, Kwalina Ringoine, 20, with her week old baby, Aramat, showing her to friends at home in the Malambo district of Ngorongoro. The region of Ngorongoro in Tanzania is one of Africa's most popular tourist destinations. It is famous for its ancient crater and dense population of big game. It is also home to the Maasai, Africa's most recognised and photographed tribe. The current extreme drought affecting Africa has impacted heavily on the traditional Maasai pastoral existence. The wealth of the Maasai of Ngorongoro has dropped dramatically as their cattle have died from thirst and hunger. Women are having to walk up to 30 miles each day to fetch water and firewood back to their villages. The parched plains are covered with rotting carcasses of donkeys, goats and cows. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/by Getty Images)