East Africa Emergency

A Somali man fetches water from a well in Wajid, northwest of the capital Mogadishu [REUTERS/Antony Njuguna, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Two failed harvests and lack of rains in early 2006 led to the deaths of thousands of livestock and left millions of people vulnerable to starvation in Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia

The catholic community responded generously, donating more than £185,000 to the appeal.

CAFOD is working with long-standing partners in these countries as they face the crisis. We have pledged funding to:

Provide safe drinking water and improve water supplies
Give extra food to young children, pregnant women, the sick and elderly
Extend health care to reach people suffering from malnutrition and hunger-related diseases

Published on 28/01/2007, last updated on 13/02/2008

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