Help Feed Thousands of Refugees in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is home to 85 percent of the Horn of Africa’s inhabitants, which continues to be one of the most unstable corners of the globe – perpetually suffering through wars and environmental shocks (droughts, floods) that often instigate famine. The high proportion of residents in Ethiopia is largely due to an alarming...

“For the last four months, people suffered a lot because of the drought,” says Abdi Ali Sheer, a village elder in the Somali region of Ethiopia. “A lot of livestock passed away during this period, and people also. People are malnourished and some are dying. Since yesterday, I only had tea and there is no food to...

Meskerem and Senait, 11 and 9 years old, lost their parents to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and fled to Ethiopia in the hopes of finding a safer life. They were entirely dependent on their older brother, Gezahegn for financial support. Gezahegn tried to feed himself and his siblings by washing clothes and doing other chores for...