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15/08/11 Garbatulla: A Region in Crisis
Garbatulla was once a luscious land of green pastures bursting with grazing cattle. Now, as the worst drought in 60 years grips the Horn of Africa, the stunning scenery of the Kenyan region, one of the worst affected areas, has been replaced with dry, arid land. Heartbreakingly, pastoralist families are forced to watch their animals die one by one.
The bones of dead livestock spread across the ground as far as the eye can see. Without their cattle, families are left with no means of income...
30/07/11 One Year Anniversary
One year ago, Pakistan was hit by the worst flooding in its history when monsoon rains swept away homes, bridges, and roads, leaving millions displaced. Since the floods, Action Against Hunger has played a crucial role in the country’s recovery, providing a range of post-emergency services for some 670,000 people struggling to recover from last year’s traumatic floods.
26/07/11 Claire Blackburn reports from Kenya
The epic scale of the food crisis that is gripping the Horn of Africa is beyond comprehension. I’ve been in Nairobi for five days now and I still can’t get my head around the figures. An unimaginable 11.5 million people across Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti are struggling to survive – their villages have no water, their animals are dying all around them and due to radical rises in food prices, people can no longer afford to feed themselves. Tens of thousands of people have already died...
26/07/11 A Community's Struggle for Survival
It is hard to believe that green pastures ever existed in Garbatulla. Now there is only a sandy soil strewn with animal carcasses burned by the sun. Nothing grows here now and in the memory of all the villagers, there has not been a drought like this for 60 years. Helpless farmers are watching their livestock die as there is no longer any pasture for them to feed on. In a region where livestock is the only source of income and food for so many, this is a huge crisis.
20/07/11 “Donors Must Scale-Up Funding Immediately to Save Lives”
Present in Somalia for over 19 years, Action Against Hunger has already increased its humanitarian operations in Mogadishu (Benadir) and Wajid (Bakol) to provide treatment and urgent medical care for the malnourished, provide preventative nutritional support for children under five years of age and improve communities’ access to food and water. As the single-largest aid agency currently operating in the Bakol region of Somalia – one of the regions where famine has been declared - Action Against...
15/07/11 'We are witnessing unimaginable human suffering'
Central Somalia is the worst affected region of the current humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. The two previous rainy seasons have been extremely dry. Beyond the drought, Somali populations are also faced with a major increase in food prices and the effects of the continuing armed conflict within the country.
15/07/11 Action Against Hunger Scales up its Life-Saving Activities in Somalia
The humanitarian crisis in Somalia is at the heart of the drought emergency currently being experienced by 10 million people throughout the Horn of Africa. Addressing the increasing humanitarian needs in Somalia is imperative and may also allow improved humanitarian assistance to be provided to neighbouring countries.
07/07/11 Malnutrition Rates Soar as Regional Food Crisis Grips Kenya, Affecting Millions
Action Against Hunger | ACF International calls for immediate in-country policy responses and a significant increase in external assistance to avert the life-threatening impacts of drought-like conditions, spikes in food prices, excess livestock mortality and massive human displacement.
07/07/11 Our teams Respond to Devastating Food Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of children are facing life-threatening malnutrition across East Africa. Our teams are on the ground in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti, treating severely malnourished children and providing urgent food and water to thousands of families.
04/07/11 Our Programme Coordinator, Hadjir Noor, reports from drought- and conflict stricken Somalia
Action Against Hunger | ACF International is one of the few organisations currently operating in Somalia, providing life-saving assistance to tens of thousands of families. However, more help is urgently needed to respond to the rapidly deteriorating food crisis. Hadjir Noor has been coordinating our programmes in Somalia for over three years. He reports from Somalia, where millions of children are at risk of life-threatening malnutrition.
