Desperate for Water

Get to know the Borana People

Bring Them Hope

Singing Wells in Borana Land

Borana Girl

Camels in Moyale Kenya

The Borana People are Lost Without Jesus

Borana Woman, Borana Child, Donkey

The Borana People are Desperate for Water

Borana Houses

Singing Wells Photo by Franz Devriese-http://www.flickr.com/photos/devriese/

Bring Her Hope Photo by Ronnie Dankelman-http://www.flickr.com/photos/18813196@N05/

Desperate for Water Photo by Andrew Heavens-http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewheavens/

The Borana people are a Nomadic tribe that live in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. There are only a few large town located in Borana Land in Kenya. These towns are Isiolo, Marsabit and Moyale.

The Borana are traditionally a Pastoralist people who herd camels, sheep, goats, and cows. Though large numbers of the Borana have migrated to live in the large towns listed above, many of them are still nomadic. The Borana that live in large towns and villages have missionaries that are trying to reach them. As far as we can determine, there are no missionaries which are targeting the nomadic Borana. These nomads live a dry land that is Desperate for Water, but even more desperate for Living Water.

The Borana have an amazing system to ration their water during the droughts. They use the Singing Wells. These wells were dug 500 years ago and are still in use today. They use Donkeys to hall water and other things. The Borana people live in several different types of Houses. They are mainly of a mud and stick construction.

The Borana People use camels as pack animals, not for riding. The Women and Children live an extremely difficult life. They work long hours and carry very heavy things on their backs. The Borana people are Lost Without Jesus. Their traditional religion is animistic, though many others have turned to another major world religion.

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Borana Girl