North Eastern

Hola, a small town located in Kenya's Tana River County, is home to Wata Omara Youth Group . This group produces and sells traditional jewelry made from metal, bone, and horn.  The process of smelting metal to make bangles and chains takes a significant amount of time.  In the past, the group would seel each piece for less than $1.  The Wata Omara tribe, the group responsible for these crafts, are treated as the lowest caste in their traditional society, making it difficult to engage in activities that would yield higher incomes.

The biometric voter registration drive conducted in Kenya by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), was launched on the 19^th of November 2012. The voter registration exercise ran for 30 days (including weekends and public holidays).

Bour-Algy primary school is located roughly 9 km south of Garissa, in Kenya’s arid northeast. The school serves the children of nomadic pastoralists and subsistence farmers, who make their living along the nearby Tana River. Through the  innovative Accelerating a 21st Century Education (ACE) component  of the TEPD program, Bour-Algy school received solar equipment that is providing a reliable power source for computer hardware and lighting for the equipment storage room, two classrooms, and security.