ChildFund Alliance Calls for Urgent Attention to the Drought and Famine in East Africa and Beyond
by Diana Quick / Public Statement
20 million people in need of food assistance
Ravaging drought takes heavy toll on Kenyan women, children
by Ejidiah Wangui, XinhuaNet / In the News
NAIROBI, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Antonia Lelokong, a 28-year-old widow, bears the scorching sun in a small village in northern Kenya as she waited for her turn in the queue to receive her food ration.
The Effects of Drought in the Horn of Africa Go Far Beyond Hunger
by Fred Mugabi, Information Management Officer / Member Spotlight
Eleven-year-old Kamal* walked barefoot across scorched scrubland for a week from his home in Somalia to Kenya. With their crops and livestock devastated by drought, Kamal’s family had no choice but to leave and try their luck in a new country.
Kamal was lucky. Unlike many children who died along the way, he made it across the Kenyan border, and is now living in Dolow, near Ethiopia.
But there, too, the situation is desperate.
* Not his real name. Name has been changed to protect his privacy.