East Africa crisis: how you have helped

Thanks to your donations, we have provided emergency food for more than 200,000 people [Emma Clark/CAFOD]

CAFOD supporters have raised over £4.7 million for our East Africa Crisis appeal. Thanks to your generous donations, we have reached more than 250,000 people facing the crisis in East Africa.

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What your money is providing:

Ethiopia

We have ensured that more than 184,000 people have access to clean water [Kibnesh Chala/CAFOD]

Emergency food aid (including cash or food for work projects) for more than 36,000 people

Clean water for more than 18,000 people, and water-points that will deliver clean water to 120,000 more.

We have also bought more than 9,500 weak animals that would otherwise die, ensuring an income for the pastoralists who own them, and supplying fresh meat to more than 24,000 people

Ethiopia: Dide's story>>

Kenya

People in Borana, Ethiopia re-dig a traditional deep well. Helping build resilience to future droughts is a vital part of our response to the crisis. [Kibnesh Chala/CAFOD]

Food aid for more than 133,000 people through provision of cash or direct food supplies.

Water-points that will deliver clean water to more than 30,000 people.

New livestock or veterinary support benefiting more than 14,000 people.

Kenya: from hunger to hope>>

Somalia

“I am very grateful to all those who support us. I believe that God can do miracles and that things will get better. That's what keeps me going” -- Ayapan, a great-grandmother in north-west Kenya [Emma Clark/CAFOD]

We have provided emergency food aid for more than 5,400 vulnerable people in some of the worst-affected areas of Somalia. In the next phase of our response, we will provide food for 9,000 more.

Somalia: food shortages continue>>

South Sudan:

Emergency food packs containing cereals, pulses, vegetable oil and salt for more than 30,000 people.

We are now entering the recovery phase of our response, in which we will help drought-affected communities make a living for the long term.

What's happening in East Africa? Your questions answered>>

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