An estimated three million children are thought to have dropped out of school to help support their families. This is extremely worrying as only 24% percent of children access formal education.
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NGOs call upon donors to urgently fund Somalia drought crisis
Up to 7.7 million people need urgent humanitarian aid and the humanitarian appeal is underfunded by a staggering 98%. The time to act is now, urged local and international organizations.
More than 70,000 children at risk of death in Kenya
Children in Kenya are severely malnourished and at risk of dying from drought-related hunger unless urgent aid is made immediately available.
Half a million children under five in Kenya at risk of starvation
A Trócaire health clinic in northern Kenya monitors children until they are five years old so their progress can be tracked and any necessary support given.
Somalia: Poor rain forecast threatens recovery; situation still dire as malnutrition and death rates remain high
Situation still dire as malnutrition and death rates remain high Nairobi, 13th of April, 2012: Forecasts for insufficient rains in Somalia threaten to reverse gains made since last year’s famine, and prolong the dire food crisis which continues to cripple the country, a coalition of 17 aid...