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East African Food Crisis Worsening

by | Wed, Jun 23 2021

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A Christian humanitarian ministry is warning more than 7 million people across six East African countries are on the cusp of starvation.

World Vision says thousands of children could face death or long-term health consequences if the international community does not respond quickly to the worsening crisis.

Spokesperson Debebe Dawit says the situation is very severe.

He told the Christian Post that more than two million people need food assistance in Ethiopia alone.

To address the crisis, World Vision has launched a multi-country emergency response for Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Kenya and Uganda.

The goal is to reach 2 point 4 million people with food, which includes 490 thousand children.

World Vision is appealing to national governments, celebrities, and donors to urgently address the hunger crisis in East Africa, and to communicate to the world its breadth and severity.

The famine is the latest crisis to hit East Africa, which also has suffered violence, drought, flooding, the pandemic and a locust infestation.