Two million children in the Horn of Africa are at risk of hunger

This information was announced by the Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths on April 26.

Parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are experiencing weather conditions drought for more than 40 years. Aid agencies are looking for ways to support this area, avoid a repeat starvation a decade ago killed hundreds of thousands of people.

Speaking before a closed-door donor conference held in Geneva (Switzerland), Mr. Griffiths said that this organization can only provide a small part of the money needed to respond to the pandemic. drought. However, during the same event, sponsors pledged to finance almost the entire amount of $1.4 billion.

Mr Griffiths urged: “Let us not urgently stop taking action”. Earlier, he acknowledged that the Ukraine conflict risks diverting the world’s attention and financial resources.

Children sit at the Dandora landfill on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, February 26, 2022. (Photo: Reuters)

The European Union, which co-organizes the event, announced 633 million euros ($674.4 million) to increase food security in the Horn of Africa. Africa and Canada announced a $73 million grant.

More than 15 million people in the Horn of Africa region are suffering from severe famine and herders have lost about 3 million livestock due to drought, he added in the same speech.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading body on global climate science, says heat waves, droughts and extreme rainfall will become more frequent in the coming weeks. next decade as temperatures continue to soar.

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