New Christian Aid report brands response to hunger crisis in East Africa ‘hugely inadequate’ as hunger doubles
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Christian Aid has warned that the response to the early warning signs of a hunger crisis in East Africa has been “hugely inadequate”.
In a new report titled Ripping off the Band Aid, the charity said hunger has “more than doubled in one year.”
On World Humanitarian Day 2021, there were 2.1 million people in Kenya facing food insecurity while 4.1 million Kenyans facing the same fate in 2022.
In Ethiopia, people facing food insecurity have dramatically escalated from 5.2 million to 20 million. Meanwhile, across Ethiopia and South Sudan, the UN reports gaps in funding have forced a cut to rations, incomplete food baskets and a reduction in the number of people helped.
The analysis also shows the terrible impact on crops, livestock and pasture has been compounded by other factors, including conflict, flooding, desert locust infestations, the lingering effects of Covid on prices and disrupted supply chains.
Christian Aid warned the crisis in East Africa has shown the aid system isn’t fit to respond to the crises.
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