Presbyterian Church in Ireland - Mission Overseas - EAST AFRICA CRISIS: Christian Aid's response

13th October 2011

Through their partners, Christian Aid is responding to the EAST AFRICA CRISIS by providing resources for families in refugee camps, including extra nutrition for malnourished children and pregnant women. 

They are also working in villages affected by the drought, distributing water supplies, constructing additional water points and ensuring livestock – so critical to people’s livelihoods – have fodder. 

£524,000 has already been released to allow partners to meet the needs of affected communities, but as Christian Aid’s Head of Humanitarian work, Nick Guttman, has stated, “however much we raise we will be able to spend, and spend again…the scale of the problem is so huge.”　　

In Kenya, partners: Christian Community Services Mount Kenya East,and Northern Aid & Ukamba Christian Community Services, are responding in north-eastern and eastern Kenya.

In Ethiopia, Christian Aid partners, Action for Development and Agri-Service Ethiopia, are currently working with local communities in the south of the country.

In Somalia, aid is being channelled through an ACT Alliance partner, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe.

In the longer-term, existing Christian Aid projects in Ethiopia and Kenya will continue to prepare communities to cope with droughts and disasters, making these areas more resilient to future crises.

MORE ABOUT

Christian Aid's response in East Africa

Some highlighted stories
Women and drought
Registering refugees in the camps
Safe Haven - a life free from violence
An eyewitness account from Guyo Haro Wario


Please PRAY for:

• Help for those affected by the food crisis, particularly for vulnerable groups such as children, pregnant women and the elderly.
  
  
• Healing for those who have lost loved ones.
  
  
• Safety for aid workers, especially for Christian Aid’s partners, and in Somalia.
  
  
• Long-term recovery and resilience amongst affected communities.
  

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