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The
area
The area
may be divided into three zones:
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lake area
covering several settlements including the main
village
of
Lowarengak
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the mountain
area where most of the people are nomadic herdsmen; |
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and the
northern area including Todonyang, the delta of the
Omo
River and the Ethiopian border
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Lowarengak
village
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"in
Lowarengak mankind has succeeded in putting up a slum in the midst of
the desert" |
Lowarengak
village was originally established in 1968 as a fishing camp by the northern
shore
of
Lake Turkana
to resettle the people of the famine camp at Kaleng.
From its small beginnings, Lowarengak soon grew into one of the larger
famine camps in the district. An early report succinctly describes that “in
Lowarengak mankind has succeeded in putting up a slum in the midst of the
desert.”
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