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Ethiopia: Goal Says to Respond to Food Crisis
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The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
16 April 2008
Posted to the web 16 April 2008
Addis Ababa
International aid agency GOAL on Monday announced intervention program plans to run nine month through 2008 to help alleviate food crisis in Ethiopia.
The programme is targeted towards vulnerable rural populations affected by drought health and nutrition crises in Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and other regions of Ethiopia, the aid agency said on its official web site posted on Tuesday.
It said approximately 60,000 people will benefit from the WatSan activities and 285,000 for emergency health and nutrition interventions.
Nutrition and health activities will particularly focus on pregnant and lactating women, and children under five, GOAL added.
GOAL Ireland said emphasis would be given to responding to the severe drought affecting southern Ethiopia through emergency water interventions and associated nutrition problems through a CTC capacity building intervention in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the aid agency said on its web site posted on Tuesday.
Responding to other emergency health problems which may arise is also the area of GOAL, intervention, it indicated.
It said its intervention in the health sector will be implemented through the distribution of medical supplies and NFIs.
Ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world with around 77% of the population subsisting on less than US$2 per day.
The country ranks 170 out of 177 countries on the Human Development Index (UNDP HDI 2006) and life expectancy is estimated at 47.7 (HDI 2006).
The current conditions in Ethiopia, recurring droughts, poor access to health services, environmental degradation, insecurity related to conflict, and persistent price hikes for staple foods attest to the fact that already vulnerable communities will have to face future shocks which may require nutrition interventions in the form of general food aid or specialised targeted feeding programmes.
Malnutrition weakens children's ability to resist attacks of infectious diseases - it has been estimated that malnutrition is a factor in 50% of all episodes of under 5 mortality.
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More than 50% of the population of Ethiopia is chronically malnourished and only half have access to safe drinking water.
The World's Worst Dictators No. 17 Meles Zenawi began his political career in 1974. Twenty-one years later he gained power in Ethiopia. To satisfy Western demands, Meles created puppet parties for all Ethiopian ethnic groups. In 1998, he forced his people to an unnecessary war with Eritrea, causing thousands of deaths. He agreed to arbitration but when the Commission ruled against him, Meles refused to abide by the decision and kept for Ethiopia land that belonged to Eritrea. Source: Parade
Gerrilijam, you are simply on the behalf of ertrian gov't/Higdef...it is realy shame to talk about ethiopia you are not morally fit...Ertrian journalists and veterans are the eye wittness.but unfortunately no one knows where these inocent people are now living....in which jail .. in ertria there is no free press,no freedom of religion,no constitution,no election....so please don't post nonsense comment on this respected web site ! please! you can't persuade the people of the world ..in this information age!!!no political gain you can achieve...Do your home work please what can you say about: "Some 1300 Eritrean soldiers crossed the... [Read Full Text]
We have to give due dilligence to the current Govt, which is doing the best to assist the farmer. The 'love affair' of the EPRDF with the majority rural population is doomed to fail so long as they don't allow prosperous and hard working farmers to own more of the arable land. Unless the land tenure system is fundamentally changed, the Nation will be susceptible to reoccuring drought. Only wealthy farmers who are able to consolidate their land ownership will survive such calamity by using modern technology( high tech irrigation schemes). For that to happen the Nation has to... [Read Full Text]
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