While our sensor network has broad regional benefits, we have identified nomadic and pastoralist communities as particularly vulnerable to the effects of water shortages in a drought. We specifically target many of the most vulnerable populations within sub-Saharan Africa - agriculturalists and pastoralists living on subsistence farming and livestock, who are prone to migration due to water and resource insecurity, and are often demographically marginalized ethnic groups. Preventable death and malnutrition, exacerbated by recurrent drought, hits hardest in the pastoral communities - UNICEF estimates that there are 19.5 million pastoral people in the Horn of Africa, of whom 40 percent survive on less than one dollar a day. In Ethiopia, nearly eight million people are affected by drought, food insecurity, floods and conflict. Political strife, exacerbated by the economic and social pressures of drought and food insecurity, has led to conflicts in the Somali, Afar and Oromia regions. In the northern districts of Kenya where we are presently operating (Garissa, Wajir, Turkana, Isiolo, Marsabit), there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in United Nations camps, including refugees from Somalia, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. In Marsabit, 10,000 Ethiopian refugees live outside of UN camps, in Turkana over 185,000 South Sudanese live in the Kakuma camp, and in Garissa 245,000 Somali refugees are in the Dadaab camp. We seek to empower these nomadic communities to increase their drought resilience and water security, helping to preserve their way of life. Within these communities, it is often the women and children who are responsible for trekking to find water. We should also note that the nature of our solution actively benefits individuals with disabilities. The trek to find water is felt disproportionately by individuals with disabilities - for many, longer distances would be unmanageable. By ensuring that water is consistently available at predictable locations, we ensure that all individuals in a community have the same ability to fulfill this basic human need.