james ayolo is on his way to a village home to members of the daasanach tribe. mes: this year the situation was worse than normal because that is the period, we had long period of drought. this community lost a lot of livestock, which is the source of their livelihood. reporter: with tragic consequences. drought meant this family went hungry and their baby daughter died. nagerte: she was only little. we didn't know what was wrong. we took her to hospital and they told us she was malnourished. they gave us a nutritional supplement but by the morning she had died. the drought was terrible. i had no milk to nurse her. my baby died of malnutrition. reporter: now the family is grieving and faces an uncertain future. kute: since the drought began, i've lost my herd, my livelihood, and my child. in that order. it's been very hard. i've lost everything. what can i do? will all my children suffer? these thoughts keep weighing on me. i have a heavy heart. reporter: kute gibril achao doesn't know how he's going to provide for his family now. he''s devastated by the loss of