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WFP has launched a helicopter air service to deliver urgently needed food assistance to camps in Ethiopia hosting Somali refugees.
Source: World Food Programme
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Humanitarian agencies say the condition of newly-arrived Somali refugees at camps in Ethiopia is deteriorating as famine spreads inside Somalia. At the Hilaweyn camp along the Somalia-Ethiopia border, more than half the newly-arrived children are suffering from malnutrition.
Source: VOA
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A senior official of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns many people in drought-stricken Ethiopia are at risk of dying if urgent action is not taken to assist them. The official, who has just returned from Ethiopia, says millions of drought affected people are being overlooked because of the focus on famine-stricken Somali refugees who have fled to Ethiopia in search of food.
Source: VOA
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Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) launched a mass vaccination on Thursday against measles at a refugee camp in southern Ethiopia hosting Somalis who have fled a severe drought.
Source: News 24
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While the number of citizens in Ethiopia in need of food handouts due to the drought was 3.2 million, over 4.5 million citizens require emergency relief over the coming six months, according to UNOCHA report released Monday. The report indicates that an additional USD 398.4 million is needed to accommodate the surging number of citizens who need food and non-food aid.
Source: The Reporter
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While the ongoing drought has seriously undermined the food security of up to 4.5 million people in Ethiopia, a threat posed by expected flooding during the second half of 2011 could exacerbate the situation, say meteorological officials.
Source: IRIN Africa
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The UK has pledged £38m ($61m) in food aid to drought-hit Ethiopia - enough to feed 1.3m people for three months.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said the World Food Programme cash would also treat 329,000 malnourished children and mothers.
Source: BBC News
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Gemini has an acute funding crisis brought on by a combination of new civil society legislation in Ethiopia and the world’s economic downturn. We have had to severely curtail several of our programs and are unable to recruit new families into the program.
We need to raise $50,000 immediately in order for us to continue to assist our families.
Source: Geminitrust
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