Young people take pride in their strength, but the gray hairs of wisdom are even more beautiful.
So he sits in his simple grass hut, staring at the cold ashes of a fire that has not heated food for days. Dalayo, an animal herder, roams the arid landscape of southern Ethiopia with his cattle and goats, leading the animals through grasslands watered by seasonal rains. But it has not rained for three years, so he has slowly sold off his cattle and used the proceeds to feed his family. Today, the lean times have become impossible times, and Dalayo has nothing left. The last five of his herd died after his group of fellow pastoralists arrived here a few weeks ago.