Temat: Ethiopia facing new famine with 4.5 million children in...

Ethiopia facing new famine with 4.5 million children in danger of starvation

ŚLEDZĄC OSTATNIE NIUSY Z AFRYKI/Z ETIOPII NIESTETY NALEZY ZACZĄC POZBYWAC SIE ZLUDZEŃ. SWIATOWY KRYZYS I DEKONIUNKTURA W STANACH PODNIOSLY CENY ZYWNOSCI NA CALYM SWIECIE, DODATKOWO ETIOPIA CIERPI Z POWODU SUSZY, KTORA ZNISZCZYLA ZBIORY.

ETIOPIA ZNOWU - PO 25 LATACH WALCZY Z NIEWIARYGODNYM GLODEM!

By Caroline Gammell
Last Updated: 1:33PM BST 06/06/2008

Ethiopia is facing a new famine as drought and rising food prices threaten starvation for 4.5 million children, aid agencies warned.
Children under five are worst affected with more than 75,000 suffering from severe malnutrition and in need of urgent care, according to Unicef.

An estimated 3.4 million Ethiopians will need emergency food aid over the next three months while nearly double that figure are at risk of malnutrition.

The World Food Programme estimates that £75 million is needed to help look after those children at risk of hunger.

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A United Nations food summit to address the global food crisis will begin in Rome on Tuesday.

Unicef said thousands of families were gathering at relief feeding centres across the country, desperate to get food.

In Ethiopia's Siraro district, 220 miles south of the capital Addis Ababa, 300 people are being looked after at the Ropi Catholic Church, which is full to capacity.

"We had nothing to eat after the corn crop failed," said Dureti Degefi, one of the mothers at the centre. "I am telling you our story because they say you will listen. My stomach is hungry. And my baby is sick. We need help."

Malnourished children are being treated at an outpatient clinic near the church and given the therapeutic food, such as high protein plumpynut paste and milk formulas which provide essential nutrients.

But there is criticism that the relief operation is not working fast enough and the government's national "safety net" programme does not extend far enough.

Ethiopia's last major famine between 1984 and 1985 claimed a million lives which prompted Sir Bob Geldof to organise Live Aid.

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http://www.unicef.org/nutrition/ethiopia_44260.html

http://www.pr-inside.com/bc-af-gen-ethiopia-hunger-r63...

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/09/ethiopi...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7444753.stm

http://cyberethiopia.com/news/?id=129303

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandind...

JEDYNE DO MOGĘ ZAPROPONOWAĆ TO WPŁATY NA KONTO UNICEF'u. Poza tym brak mi słów...

http://www.unicef.pl/2904_2831.htm

UNICEF jest jedną z najbardziej zaangażowanych organizacji wspierających Etiopię w walce ze skutkami głodu. Naszym celem jest nie tylko niesienie doraźnej pomocy potrzebującym dzieciom, ale wdrażanie takich rozwiązań, które trwale ograniczą odsetek niedożywionych dzieci.

Celem tegorocznej kampanii "Przepustka do życia" UNICEF Polska jest sfinansowanie wyposażenia i zaopatrzenia dziesięciu ośrodków interwencyjnego dożywiania dzieci w Etiopii.

Numer konta kampanii "Przepustka do życia II" to: 82 1020 1013 0000 0802 0121 0046.

Spot kampanii "Przepustka do życia II" można obejrzeć na http://youtube.com/unicefpl (UWAGA - numer SMS jest już nieaktywny, zapraszamy do wpłat na konto)

Tutaj można wydrukować przekaz pocztowy. Dziękujemy za pomoc!*

Więcej informacji (także o dostępnym materiale fotograficznym):
Zofia Dulska, Koordynator ds. Komunikacji
tel. 22 656 66 43
zdulska@unicef.pl

Karolina Czekaj, Asystent Działu Komunikacji
tel. 22 656 66 43
kczekaj@unicef.pl

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7409623.stm

(...)"This is absolutely alarming, we need a massive effort," he said.

Paulette Jones, of the World Food Programme (WFP), said a combination of events had led to the situation.

"We have drought - a really poor rainy season - and, of course, we have high food prices worldwide."

The WFP estimates it needs to raise $147m (£75m) to tackle Ethiopia's needs.

"We are hopeful that donors will be forthcoming," said Ms Jones.

Other aid workers are not so confident. They say the money just is not arriving, with donors concentrating on the disasters in Burma and China.

The UN estimates it currently has a shortfall of 180,000 tonnes of food - and presently has no promises to meet this target.

Temat: Ethiopia facing new famine with 4.5 million children in...

a tu już pozytywniej i bezpośrednio z Etiopii :)

http://www.goldenline.pl/forum/afryka-europa-swiat-czy...