Chronic
poverty and malnutrition, conflict, weak health systems, high food
prices, poor vaccination coverage, a lack of access to clean water and a
changing climate all culminated in a deadly food crisis in 2011.
Despite early warnings, livestock perished and thousands of families
were pushed closer and closer to the brink of disaster.
It was to become the worst drought in East Africa in 60 years, affecting over 13 million people and killing tens of thousands. In response, Save the Children launched the largest emergency response in our 90-year history. We were already on the ground when the first warning signs were seen. We rapidly scaled up our life-saving programs, delivering health, nutrition, water, crucial life-saving support, protection and education to children and their families.
http://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9def2ebe-10ae-432c-9bd0-df91d2eba74a%7D/ONE_YEAR_AFTER_CATASTROPHE_STILL_SAVING_LIVES_IN_EAST_AFRICA.PDF
It was to become the worst drought in East Africa in 60 years, affecting over 13 million people and killing tens of thousands. In response, Save the Children launched the largest emergency response in our 90-year history. We were already on the ground when the first warning signs were seen. We rapidly scaled up our life-saving programs, delivering health, nutrition, water, crucial life-saving support, protection and education to children and their families.
http://www.savethechildren.
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