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Ethiopia: 'It's Heartbreaking to See My People Suffer Like This'
savethechildren_uk, 16 February 2016
Seifu Asseged is Save the Children Ethiopia National Communications Coordinator. He is based in Dire Dawa and has worked for Save the Children for 12 years. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Food Aid 'to Run Out Unless Donors Step in'
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 10 February 2016
Emergency food aid for 10 million Ethiopians hit by the worst drought in 50 years will run out in April unless donors provide more funds by the end of February, the charity Save… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ticking Clock on Drought - Donors Must Act in 3 Weeks to Avoid Catastrophic Malnutrition
Save the Children US, 10 February 2016
The international community has just three weeks to provide $245 million in emergency food aid to help prevent a potentially catastrophic escalation in severe acute malnutrition… Read more »
Ethiopia Faces Ticking Clock as Food Aid Deadline Nears
Emergency food aid for 10 million Ethiopians hit by the worst drought in 50 years will run out in April unless donors provide more funds by the end of February, according to Save the Children. Donors have already borrowed 220,000 metric tons from the country's strategic grain reserve to meet emergency needs.The government has pledged to use as many resources as needed to avert famine and has asked donors to assist.
Nine-year-ole Zahara Ali cooks breakfast in a rural village in the Dubti Woreda, Afar Region, Ethiopia.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre), accompanied by World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin (right), visited drought-affected Ziway Dugda Woreda, Oromia Region in Ethiopia.
More than 400,000 Ethiopian children under five could suffer from severe malnutrition this year as a result of the worst drought the country has suffered in 50 years.These young students in class are in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
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The outlook is grim after two seasons of failed crops, says the UN's FAO and more so for pregnant women, lactating mothers and newborns who are suffering from malnutrition. Read more »
