Food Crisis in Africa
Food Crisis in East Africa
The East Africa food crisis left 16 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Somalia facing a severe drought and hunger crisis.
These communities were already vulnerable due to conflict, displacement and disease, and children were the most at risk from acute malnutrition, leaving them in desperate need of life-saving emergency food and water.
We worked with the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC), which brings together 13 leading UK aid charities in times of crisis, to maximise our impact and help those affected the most.
A parent's struggle
Daniel, a father from Kenya, was struggling to buy food to feed his family. He received a delivery of food from Plan International.
This has put a smile on my family's face, if only for a short time, we thank all of you who thought of us.
Plan International Kenya has been providing humanitarian assistance to affected communities in Kilifi County. Most families can only afford one meal a day since drought took hold of the country, following low rainfall for two consecutive years.
How your support has helped
With your donations, we were able to provide:
- Life-saving food packages containing maize and pulses to the most vulnerable and affected children and families.
- Support to Therapeutic Feeding Centres in high-risk areas, to screen and treat children and their families for symptoms of malnutrition.
- Nutritious lunches for children, to reduce school dropout, especially for girls, among drought-affected schools.
- Improved access to safe water, and better hygiene and sanitation practices, to reduce diseases such as diarrhoea.