Ethiopia emergency appeal
In parts of Ethiopia, right now, 4.6 million people are at risk of starvation. We are trying to help thousands of children and their families by providing urgently-needed food and healthcare. Click here to donate now.
How are people being affected?
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Children like Abraham (see TV ad), are suffering.
Other children such as Assnaku (pictured below) are also at risk. When her mother brought her to the Concern clinic, Assnaku was listless and could hardly see through swollen eyes. She was diagnosed with a severe form of malnutrition.
What is Concern doing to help?
With the support of our donors, we have been distributing food and providing special treatment to children who are severely malnourished.
We have also distributed seeds and tools to families so they have the opportunity to plant their next crop and yield a harvest in November. Right now, families are using any income they have to buy food so these tools and seeds are essential in order to help families fend for themselves in the coming months.
- Sarah Stack from Press Assosciation recently visited Concern's programmes in Ethiopia. Read her blogposts here.
Find out more about the issues that have caused this crisis:
• Skyrocketing food prices
• The worst drought the region has seen in years
