Jesuits respond to famine in Eastern Africa
Kris Dmytrenko
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The Church is mobilizing to help Eastern Africa, which continues to face its worst famine since the 1950s. Severe drought and years of conflict have resulted in failed crops and acute shortages in food and water. More than 10 million face starvation. The famine has triggered a mass movement of refugees, particularly from Somalia to neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia.
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