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ACT Alert
Ethiopia
- 1/01
Famine
Relief
Geneva,
3 May, 2001
Over 6.2 million people in Ethiopia are in immediate need of food
assistance this year, according to the Ethiopian government. The government
has once more requested the international community to come to its
aid to provide food to the millions of people who are in danger of
starvation. Since 1998, Ethiopia has been experiencing severe drought
as both the short and the long rains have constantly failed causing
disastrous effect on crop production and livestock. The main reason
for the famine this year is the failure of the meher (long rain) along
with the failure of crops last year. Last year, 10.5 million people
needed food aid, a situation which was significantly worse than this
year.
The Joint Relief Program (JRP) which is composed of ACT members;
Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC), the Ethiopian Evangelical
Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), and the Lutheran World Federation
/ Department of World Service (LWF/DWS) Ethiopia, on one hand,
and on the other the Caritas International Network members; Ethiopia
Catholic Church (ECC) and the Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
have submitted an appeal for 11,170 MT of food to be distributed to
9 Woredas where JRP has programs. The JRP forum in Ethiopia which
on top of the above mentioned members also includes; Norwegian Church
Aid (NCA), Dutch Inter Church Aid (DIA), Dan Church Aid (DCA), and
Bread for World (BFW) agreed that the joint appeal will be issued
to both the ACT and the Caritas International Networks. In the appeal
the members jointly ask for food aid, while in addition, the ACT members
have requested for non food item as well.
The total cost for the ACT/JRP 11,170 MT of food is estimated at
US$5 million, while the non food items requested by the ACT members
will cost around US$816,000. The total appeal is for US$6.4 million.
We would appreciate your indication of interest in contributing to
the appeal.
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