Garissa in North Eastern Kenya is one of the hottest places in the country with temperatures sometimes soaring to 40 degrees Celcius. The landscape is a dry blend of flat and mountainous terrain, It has huge agricultural potentials with the locals engaged crop and livestock production…
Drivers have to constantly give way to thousands of Camels, cattle and goats crossing the roads under the guide of local herdsmen, One of the drivers plying the road is Batula Ali Abdullah. As a female ambulance driver, Batula is breaking away with tradition in a job dominated by men.
About 10 km off road to the East, lies Hagadera Camp. It is a large refugee camp hosting more than 100,000 people with the numbers increasing by the day,Those sheltering at the decades-old camp are people driven by severe droughts or insecurity from their communities mainly women and children, Batula usually shuttles between the camp and Garissa General Hospital providing much needed emergency services for high risk patients.
