ETHIOPIA: THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED PEOPLE IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA FACE STARVATION AFTER RAINS FAIL

Record ID: 648463

  • Title: ETHIOPIA: THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED PEOPLE IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA FACE STARVATION AFTER RAINS FAIL
  • Date: 24th May 2005
  • Summary: (BN15)HARTISHEIK, ETHIOPIA (MAY24,2005) (REUTERS) 1. SLV OF DISPLACED PEOPLE'S CAMP (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. CU OF SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILD BEING LIFTED FROM HER MOTHER 0.24 3. CU OF MOTHER HOLDING BABY 0.30 4. CU OF CHILD SUCKLING 0.38 5. MCU MOTHER HOLDING CHILD 0.42 6. TRACKING SHOT OF CAMP DWELLINGS 0.49 7. SV OLD LADY SITTING ON GROUND 0.53 8. PAN OF GRAVEYARD WITH FRESH GRAVES 1.03 9. SV MOTHER CARRYING MALNOURISHED CHILD 1.08 10. SLV OF CAMP 1.14 11. SLV/SV OF PEOPLE AWAITING FOOD DISTRIBUTION (3 SHOTS) 1.24 12. SV/SLV VARIOUS OF DISPLACED PEOPLE RECEIVING FOOD (6 SHOTS) 1.54 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: HARTISHEIK, ETHIOPIA
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Reuters ID: LVAD3FJZXF2BUN3DHXLZEPAGN7UV
  • Story Text: Thousands of displaced people in Eastern Ethiopia
    face starvation after rains fail.




    Thousands are facing starvation in Ethiopia after
    successive droughts for the last five years.

    This season's rains were late in coming and of short
    duration. Former pastureland is now desert, many livestock
    have died and the soil yields little return for farmers.

    These lands have now been abandoned with people seeking
    relief assistance from United Nations agencies and
    Non-Governmental Organisations to provide food and shelter
    for them.

    Hatisheik is home to more than 6,000 people who are in
    need of food assistance.

    In addition to the children who are presently severely
    malnourished in the Somali province of Eastern Ethiopia, a
    further 360,000 children need supplementary feeding to keep
    their condition from deteriorating and becoming severe.

    Current estimates indicate that a total of 3.8 million
    people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid.

    As livelihoods have been undermined by the drought and
    famine, many have been forced to seek refuge in camps. One
    such camp in Hartisheik is currently home to around 6,000
    people. According to the village elder, 40 children have
    died this year in the camp and there has been no food
    assistance there for the past six months. UNICEF does
    supply daily water to the camp, but food is the most
    critical problem.

    Funding from the UN appeal will also help pay for drugs
    and medical equipment to reduce the threat of disease.

    So far, 47 per cent of the $320 million total has been
    secured. The UN and other agencies on the ground say that
    in addition to the immediate response for the current
    emergency, longer-term support is also necessary for
    Ethiopia.


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