Drought and food shortages are affecting many countries in the Horn of Africa.
Although, in many areas, cereal harvests in 2005 were an overall improvement on previous years, severe droughts have left millions on the brink of starvation. The four Horn of Africa countries of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti are some of the worst affected, where an estimated 8 to 9 million people are in need of assistance.
Somalia:
Approximately 2 million people are affected by this crisis in Somalia. Insecurity is a huge problem. Transporting food aid by sea is being severely disrupted by piracy, and WFP and other agencies have to resort to transport over land, which is more costly, time consuming, and is also dangerous. Some water is accessible from wells but many were damaged by conflict and need to be re-built.
Ethiopia:
2.5 million people in Ethiopia are are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Kenya:
3.5 million in need of food aid. 80% of the land is arid or semi-arid and is mainly pastoral. People have experienced 5-6 seasons of poor/failed rains.
Eritrea:
The Horn of Africa drought is also affecting Eritrea, although there were good rains at the end of 2005.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
RAISE AWARENESS! Most news stations don't report what's happening in Africa and other countries (Check out my blog about Romania).
A great help would be posting a bulletin asking your friends to check out myspace.com/definenecessity
Directing people to DEFINE NECESSITY will allow them to see what's really happening. Most people have no idea.
SIGN THE PETITION!
Lets bring humanitarian aid to war-torn Darfur! Copy and paste this link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/891099140
When you sign the petition, you can leave a comment. Please paste
http://www.myspace.com/definenecessity
at the bottom of your comment to help raise extreme poverty awareness.
A GREAT CHARITY IS THE HEIFER FOUNDATION!
You can donate ANY amount!
I think $50 will buy a family a goat. If you think about it, they can get milk from the goat, sell it at the market & drink the milk themselves. They can use the money to put their children in school & feed their family. Even invest in another goat for breeding, or chickens that produce eggs & chicks.
This charity is truly a help up, NOT a hand out. They help people all over the world help themselves. Imagine how something as simple as a GOAT can change everything for some of these starving children.
Even if you can't afford to give anything, check out the website and keep it in your memory banks & in your hearts. Copy and paste these links:
http://www.heiferfoundation.org
http://www.heiferfoundation.org/waystogive/country/africa/_B arbaraM.JohnstonKenyaEndowment.cfm
Thank you so much for caring.
Sincerely,
DEFINE NECESSITY
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