UN declares end to famine but warns the international community not to be complacent

Rains + foreign aid = fragile and temporary improvement 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/un-declares-end-to-somalia-famine-but-warns-crisis-not-over/2012/02/03/gIQAAQxFnQ_story.html

2011 Brief Summary of Drought

The New Year finds the situation still quite complex and catastrophic. Rains have come cutting off some displaced drought survivors from help,  there is increased insecurity in the region, and relief efforts in Somalia are limited by the militia.  We'll continue to pray, continue to sell cd's and shirts, and continue to share the story of the suffering in the Horn of Africa.

http://yubanet.com/world/Horn-Eastern-Africa-Drought-highlights-in-2011.php#.TwsrwJgqOS4

GIFT giving helps drought victims

$30 includes t-shirt (specify size), cd, and 12oz Kenya Whole Bean Coffee!  The perfect gift for a coffee/music/world loving person on your list!  And it's already wrapped :) Email requests to theresadrought.relief@gmail.com

USAID: Rains hinder humanitarian response...

DROUGHT FACT SHEET #10 "The ongoing October-to-December heavy rains across southern Somalia, northern Kenya, and the Somali Region of Ethiopia continue to hinder humanitarian response activities in drought- and conflict-affected communities. During the week of November 28, the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service cancelled nearly all flights to the Dollo Ado refugee camps—where more than 138,400 refugees resided as of December 7—due to flooding at the airstrip. In addition, several roads to Dollo Ado remain impassable, delaying the delivery of humanitarian supplies..."

Africa's Drought Disaster

Melissa Doyle  visits sponsored child in Kenya - and shares this video report about the fight for survival .. "...it's difficult to understand how desperate the situation really is."

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/26351754/africas-drought-disaster/

UNICEF EMERGENCY SUPPLY FLIGHT

"This is not a famine crisis, a drought crisis... this is a child survival crisis." UNICEF President and CEO, Caryl Stern. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge helped pack a shipment of emergency medial supplies at a UNICEF emergency supply center in Copenhagen to help "...perhaps put the light back on this crisis."  Despite having so little the people here celebrate what they do have... 

http://fieldnotes.unicefusa.org/2011/11/nightline.html

There's a Drought: Helping Africa One Song at a Time

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