Drought Endangers Millions in East Africa

By Michael Hill
Hunger and the threat of malnutrition are becoming the daily reality for millions of people in East Africa. A lack of rainfall and rising food prices are increasingly straining their food supply, Catholic Relief Services staff members in the region are reporting. “Rains last fall failed completely,” says CRS Africa Team Leader Brian Gleeson. “And spring rains earlier this year were erratic and weak. As a result, farmers have experienced horrible harvests and pastoralists are seeing their livestock dying off.” CRS and partners are ramping up a response that will help 1 million people avoid malnutrition and even starvation. Learn more. This drought—it’s been one of the driest years in the region since 1950-1951—has combined with increased food costs to put 10 million people across the Horn of Africa in need of humanitarian assistance. Most live in Kenya and Ethiopia, countries where CRS has worked for decades. More…

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