the herders in isiolo will only drive out to their camels with armed protection. 60 km out, it's not safe. even we can't go here without a security detail. shepherds, many of them still children, wander about with their herds. their lives as herders seem pre- destined. they don't attend school. muhamud is one example. he began shepherding when he was 10 years old. now he's 45. his camels' milk goes to nairobi. but he doesn't want to follow it. i don't know anything about city life. how am i supposed to survive there? out here i have everything, i'm used to nature. and there's always something to eat. the camels are one way to overcome the drought. but whoever doesn't have camels, needs food for the cows -- virtually impossible without farming. in ondonyiro, far off the beaten track, farming was an unknown word until quite recently. the samburus believe that god provides food for cows: it either grows or it doesn't; now these children are learning that food can be planted. hunger is preventable. their mothers show them how. they learned from dutch aid workers who taught them to plant