(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 20 – “In Ethiopia, out of 110 million inhabitants, 29 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and 5.9 million are displaced due to the worst drought of the last 40 years and localized conflicts”, Save the Children said this, as part of the “Impossible 2022” event, announcing the assistance program in cash and vouchers, which intends to support local families and therefore “avoid having to use their few means of subsistence exclusively for food , at the expense of other priorities, such as education, family and child health “.
The Save the Children pilot project aims to “guarantee an adequate level of nutrition for over 15,000 children and food security and livelihoods for 5,200 families, for a total of about 26,000 people”.
“The drought in Ethiopia – adds Save the Children – is the third in the same decade and the worst in the last 20 years and follows the shortage of rain for three consecutive seasons”, causing, since the beginning of the year “the death of 987,000 head of cattle. “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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