Turkana is a District in Kenya found in the Rift Valley Province,it is the largest district in Kenya but tops the list of poverty due to its dryness in nature. It rarely rains and if it does very little rain is experienced which is not enough for agricultural activities. Turkana borders Marsabit and Samburu Districts in the east, Baringo and West Pokot Districts in the south and Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda in the North which are international boundaries.

Due to its nature of poverty the Turkana rely majorly on relief food from mostly Non Governmental Organizations such as World Food Programme, OXFAM, World Vision and the Catholic Diocese who also play a role in youth activities, educating children up to University level, justice and peace programmes, health and digging bore holes in the most remote areas of Turkana.

Raiding activities are high between the Turkana and neighboring communities which is majorly based on livestock and this is due to low productivity of the rangelands and high variation of rainfall. Pastrolists frequently move to find pasture in different locations of the District depending on where it recently experienced short rains if any.Central parts of the District are the safest for both visitors and the locals so many people visit and live in the central small towns of the District as compared to Northern, North-Western and Southern areas. Lodwar is the main town of Turkana.

Like the Maasai and Samburu, Turkana women wear very colorful attired decorated with beads of bright colors,most of their decorations are made of red, yellow and green colored beads. Their traditional way of hairstyle is a kind of the modern mohawk currently on fashion for most young people but the Turkana have theirs twisted in long braids which are twisted using special clay called 'emu'nyen' which keeps it tight for a long time before it can be redone.

The Turkana still don't allow the girl child to go to school, they strongly believe her role is in helping with house chores and getting married off to their fathers choice of husband at the age of thirteen. With the involvement of the Catholic church and N.G.O's majoring in educative concerns the norm is gradually dying out in the town areas much faster than in the remote areas, more girls have been able to finish school than the previous years, thanks to the village meetings gathered in age groups by these organizations to educate parents the importance of the girl child education but which mostly don't happen empty handed, food and basic needs items are mostly distributed during these meetings to encourage more people to join.