Hunger | -Horn of Africa-

My regularly scheduled content will return next post. I am not letting go of the Horn of Africa disaster just yet. I understand money is tight. An easy action any reader can do is to sign this petition asking world leaders to provide full funding to the U.N. to help Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya where [...]

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Measuring Human Rights (22): When Can You Call Something a “Famine”?

(source) With yet another famine in the Horn of Africa, perhaps it's a good time for a few words about famine measurement. People have a right to adequate nourishment and to be free from chronic hunger (see article 25 of the Universal Declaration). Starvation is an extreme form of violation of this right (and is [...]

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Climate update : Is climate change to blame for famine in the Horn of Africa? (via LEARN FROM NATURE)

It’s impossible, says Duncan Green of  The Guardian, to answer with a simple yes or no – but here’s a summary of what we think we know so far So is famine in the Horn of Africa linked to climate change or not? The question arises whenever “extreme weather events” – hurricanes, floods, droughts – hit our TV screens. It’s impossible [...]

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Seeing and hearing 350, listening to the compassionate yet professional Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN’s World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry… (via Lectio Divina, or daily seeings)

 If you have some sympathy for your fellow human beings then you cannot not watch this video.   … Read More via Lectio Divina, or daily seeings

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July 26th UN Briefing on the Emergency in the Horn of Africa.

“Famine is not a word we use lightly” said Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, at the Rome meeting called to discuss the emergency in Eastern Africa which is in the grip of the worst drought in 6 decades. The rains did not come; the crops failed; the next rains – if [...]

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East Africa Drought: Life in Dadaab.

Emergency Media Officer Alexandra Lopoukhine describes the situation in Dadaab refugee camp, northern Kenya, where nearly 1,500 people are arriving each day. When a family arrives: Outside of the reception centres, crowds of people are waiting. UNHCR has set up a structure that is open on all sides, but has a roof to help shade [...]

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