hunger
Need for real leadership over hunger
17 November 2009Heads of states and governments gathered in Rome on Monday, for the third World Food Summit. They unanimously adopted a declaration pledging a renewed commitment to eradicate hunger.
“Extremely alarming” levels of hunger in poorest countries
15 October 2009Recent global recession, financial crisis and climate change are a “deadly cocktail” of hunger and malnutrition according to the new Global Hunger Index report.
Climate change and hunger
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 14 October 2009 |
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Today, as part of Blog Action Day, thousands of people are blogging about climate change. For Concern Worldwide’s entry, I’ve decided to write about how climate change is affecting world hunger.
Disaster looms in east Africa
Daniel Howden from the Independent recently visited Marsabit in northern Kenya with Concern.
A typical day for Gloria
Update: Gloria is now doing well thanks to your donations. Read a full update on concernfast.org.
Forced to eat pig food: Kenya crisis
Posted by Niall O Murchu in Concern Blog | 24 August 2009 |
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People in Kenya’s slums are starving. As reported by the Daily Nation, some of them are taking to eating pig food to stay alive.
Kenyan slum crisis: video
Posted by Niall O Murchu in Concern Blog | 6 July 2009 |
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Rural Kenyan is suffering from drought, climate change and approaching famine. Click here for a full report.
Crisis in Nairobi’s slums
11 June 2009People living in Nairobi’s slums are in real danger right now. High food prices have pushed some 4.1 million people onto a precarious knife edge.
Action reaps rewards
Action Mutenheri is a Zimbabwean farmer who was helped by Concern. Now he’s harvesting more crops than ever before.
The brink of famine in Kenya
Ntaine Ole Taiko has walked hundreds of kilometres over the past four weeks.
