Jul 14th, 2011
East Africa crisis – how can we help
By JohnnyChatterton
More than 10 million people are facing starvation due to the severe drought in East Africa.
The BBC reports: “Thousands of families in desperate need of food and water have trekked for days from Somalia to the Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya. The drought is the worst in East Africa for 60 years and the UN described it as a “humanitarian emergency”.
The appeal video
How to donate
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