24 August 2011, Kyuso - A local trader in Kyuso, Mwingi district, eastern Kenya. FAO is assisting 5 000 vulnerable farmers in drought-prone eastern Kenya to prepare their fields and build water harvesting structures in time for the October 2011 short rains. Farmers are given a voucher in exchange for each day of work, half of which can be redeemed for food at select local traders, while the other half is used to buy building materials for the community sand dams.