Hunger crisis in Africa

It has rained far too little in the Horn of Africa for more than two years. 
According to the United Nations, more than 20 million people there are in 
urgent need of help as a result of a severe drought. 7.46 million children 
are acutely malnourished. Millions of farm animals have already starved to 
death, pastures have dried up, wells have dried up.

Aktion Deutschland Hilft´s alliance organization Malteser International is 
now expanding its emergency aid from Kenya to Ethiopia and is providing 
people with drinking water and cash.

Ethiopia: Two years without rain
"For about two years we have been providing people in northern Kenya who are 
suffering from the effects of a devastating drought with drinking water, food 
and cash. We are also distributing fodder. But in recent months more and more 
people from Ethiopia have been crossing the border, in hoping to find enough 
food for their livestock.To spare the families the hardship of fleeing and 
conflicts to prevent the remaining resources, we are now expanding our help 
to Ethiopia. Many families have already lost a large part of their livestock.

After more than two years of drought, the people are at the end of their 
strength and the need is huge. Droughts are becoming more frequent as a result 
of climate change. Ironically, the people who contribute the least to global 
warming are suffering the consequences: they are starving and there is no end 
in sight to this catastrophe," says head of Malteser 
International's Africa department.

Aid organization provides people with water and food
With the support of the Federal Foreign Office, our alliance organization
Malteser International will now also be supplying drinking water, food and 
supplementary food for pregnant women and small children in southern Ethiopia 
in the coming months. Around 4,000 schoolchildren at ten schools in Ethiopia 
are supported with a warm meal. 
Here, too, the farmers receive fodder for their cattle.

"People in East Africa are currently dealing with so many crises at the same 
time that we assume that without help, thousands could die," says head of 
Malteser International´s Africa Department.

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