Oxfam's Emergency Appeal: Help East Africa
by ERICA LIEPMANN, Causecast Associate Editor
Today, international aid organization Oxfam International has announced a state of emergency in several East African nations and is calling upon the global community to contribute $15 million needed to provide food and water to over 20 million starving people. In this picture slide-show, you can see shocking images of the extent of the drought facing East Africa, which is the worst to hit the region in a decade.
Check out Oxfam International’s information and action center to get informed about the humanitarian crisis and donate directly to the cause. Tell your friends and family about the crisis, we can save lives if we act now!
From the BBC:
Oxfam has launched an emergency appeal for £9.5m ($15m) to reach millions of starving people in Ethiopia and other East African countries.
The UK-based agency says thousands of animals have already died because of a drought which is the worst in 10 years.
Warning signs indicate that the lives and livelihoods of 23 million people are threatened – twice as many as the last serious crisis in 2006.
Seven countries are affected, with half of those threatened living in Ethiopia.
Other worst affected countries are Kenya, Somalia and Uganda, with Sudan, Djibouti and Tanzania also hit hard.
Photo of a dry river bed in Kenya by Matt and Kim Rudge, flickr.
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