Abdifatah Amiin Khalif, a former pastoralist, recently began working in modern greenhouse agriculture and has managed to lift his family out of the crisis caused by severe drought that depleted their livestock in the rural areas of central Somalia's Goldogob district.
In February, Abdifatah moved to Goldogob town in Mudug after he could no longer endure the tough living conditions of his family. He left behind 30 sheep that survived the drought, which he had been tending.
The city life, he admitted, provided a welcome relief from the hardships they faced in the remote villages. He found a job as an irrigation worker and although his pay was initially minimal, he developed a close friendship with a young engineer who offered him free training.
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