"Across the eastern Horn of Africa, more than 12 million people—a number greater than the populations of Houston and New York City combined—are now in need of emergency assistance to survive.
As a result of the region's worst drought in 60 years, crops have failed, livestock have died, and prices in local markets are too high for most people to buy what is needed to feed their families. Millions of people are affected in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, and especially in Somalia.
Famine has taken root in five areas of southern Somalia and will likely spread to encompass all of southern Somalia before the October rains begin. As the situation has grown more dire, over 600,000 Somalis have fled to neighboring countries, some walking hundreds of miles to refugee camps in search of food and water. Nearly half of the children arriving at the camps are acutely malnourished; all are in need of emergency assistance and support for the extremely difficult weeks and months ahead. "
- From USAID
I know a little girl named Hayat who lives in Ethiopia. She and her family live in an AIDS affected area and have been severely hit by this drought. She is precious and special to me, and I cannot imagine how scared and helpless her family must feel. From there it isn't hard to imagine the plight of a mother from the same community for her children and elders. Now multiply that by millions.
It's hard to get lost and desensitized by numbers, foriegn words, and statistics. Don't fall into that.
PLEASE pray for Hayat, and the millions of people fighting for their lives, and equally as important- Give what you can!
I give through World Vision- they're amazing
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