As hunger and famine continue to grip much of East Africa, especially Kenya, international aid organizations are reaching out to find the help needed to stave off a humanitarian disaster.
A new United Nations’ report states that Kenya needs $230 million over the next six months to feed millions affected by drought. The continued failure of annual rains has reduced crop output, the main source of food for the nation’s 37 million people. The drought has also affected water production and prompted power rationing. Kenya gets most of its energy from hydro-generation. In total, about 3.8 million Kenyans need emergency food aid, and conditions are expected to deteriorate in the next few months, the report states.
The rate among children under 5 suffering malnutrition has gone from 15 to 20 percent in some cases. “People are already going hungry, malnutrition is preying on more and more young children, cattle are dying -- we face a huge challenge and are urging the international community to provide us with the resources we need to get the job done.”
For more info, go to http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-seeks-urgent-assistance-kenya-sinks-deeper-crisis.
A new United Nations’ report states that Kenya needs $230 million over the next six months to feed millions affected by drought. The continued failure of annual rains has reduced crop output, the main source of food for the nation’s 37 million people. The drought has also affected water production and prompted power rationing. Kenya gets most of its energy from hydro-generation. In total, about 3.8 million Kenyans need emergency food aid, and conditions are expected to deteriorate in the next few months, the report states.
The rate among children under 5 suffering malnutrition has gone from 15 to 20 percent in some cases. “People are already going hungry, malnutrition is preying on more and more young children, cattle are dying -- we face a huge challenge and are urging the international community to provide us with the resources we need to get the job done.”
For more info, go to http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-seeks-urgent-assistance-kenya-sinks-deeper-crisis.
1 comments:
It should be news, but it's not. An organization I want to work for in the future is helping the effort, but even they have remarked that the mainstream press has seen so many famines that it doesn't seem to merit their time, and so the general public only hears about it via target appeals for donations.
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