Emergency Food Aid for 7500 Starving Ethiopians

Summary

Over the coming months we aim to provide emergency food aid and medical assistance to thousands of severely malnourished children under five, pregnant women and lactating mothers in Ethiopia. progress report read updates from the field

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	£12 - Will fund the provision of seeds and plants to 12 people to help them rebuild their lives.
	£30 - Will finance a workshop to provide those affected with recovery plans for their futures.
	£60 - Will provide emergency food to 16 severely malnourished children and their families.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

For Ethiopians living in drought-prone areas, consecutive failed rainy seasons and sharply-rising food prices are taking their toll. Emergency feeding centres have been overwhelmed with families hoping to save their severely malnourished loved ones. To help reduce this suffering, Ethiopiaid is targeting famine relief to children under five and their families affected by drought in the Arsi Negele and Shashemene Districts in Southern Ethiopia.

Activities

Famix, a protein-fortified food, will be provided to feed severely malnourished children. Supplies of wheat, cooking oil, beans, and seeds will also be distributed to help starving families return home.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £855
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £31,176
Total Funding Goal: £32,031

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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

We aim to provide food to 7,500 starving individuals, 4000 of whom are children under the age of 5. The adults affected will also be given training to provide them with recovery plans for their return home, which help them to rebuild their lives.

Project Message

Our partners in Ethiopia estimate that are that 5 to 6 children are dying in the affected regions each day. We must act quickly
- Professor Alec Reed, CBE, Founder and Voluntary Chair of Trustees

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Steven McVay,
Marketing Manager
PO Box 31052
London, SW1X 9WB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7201 9981
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ethiopiaid

Organisation

Ethiopiaid
PO Box 31052
London, - SW1X 9WB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7201 9981
http://www.ethiopiaid.org.uk

Learn more about Ethiopiaid and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ethiopia and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Ethiopia, read the Human Development Report on Ethiopia or the Wikipedia entry for Ethiopia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 18, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Emergency food aid for starving Ethiopians

By Nichola Connal - Ethiopiaid Manager, July 07, 2010 12:18 PM

More aid is still needed to help those people who are starving in Ethiopia. Since the original project was launched we have been able to get aid to more than the anticipated number of people, over 7600. However even in a good year, when the rains or crops don't fail, around 5 million people desperately need help to get enough to eat. This figure rapidly rises to 7 million when the rains fail. More donations are desperately needed to help those who are starving, and to help put early warning systems into place in case of another drought.

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