dependency on external funding is a major weakness in many communitybased and bilingual education programmes however there is no comprehensive strategy that ensures that the curriculum and the education system are relevant to the livelihood situation of pastoralists and huntergatherers one of the issues of concern is therefore how the education system can benefit the pastoral community or as one of the parents put it if i put my child in school what and when will i reap another comment was that schooleducated children often detach themselves from their traditional lifestyle if after finishing school they remain unemployed they end up belonging to nowhere