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World Food Programme warns about a change for the worse
Serious droughts are exacerbating the food situation in the Horn of Africa region which is already tense due to high food and fuel prices. As a report by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) shows, more than 10 million people are affected by a drought in southern, central, western and north-eastern Ethiopia. According to the WFP’s observation, crop production is decreasing and livestock are dying. As a consequence, rural people are forced to migrate to towns for cheap labor, or to sell firewood and charcoal.
Another consequence is widespread child malnutrition which is one of the key problems in the region that needs to be tackled. That’s why support of school feeding programs is so significant for the overall development of the affected communities.
To give you an impression of how people try to cope with hardships connected to the food shortage, the story of Daniel Gedisha, an Ethiopian farmer, is a telling example. He has to deal with successive failures of seasonal rains which have destroyed his crops. Basically, the survival of his family would be threatened if it wasn’t for outside assistance - much of it provided by the WFP.
