Food Crisis in Ethiopia, Q3- 2008

This quarter we have decided to support the Food Crisis in Ethiopia through a donation to "Save the Children". The escalating rise in global food prices, combined with prolonged drought, has left 4.6 million people in the poorest areas coping with malnutrition and all the health problems associated with it.

Official statistics say 75,000 children are already severely malnourished and could die without immediate treatment. Save the Children estimates there are around 759,000 under-fives in the hardest-hit areas who are especially vulnerable to the affects of malnutrition. Save the Children has set up community-based health centres for malnourished children, where they provide high-energy foods containing all the essential nutrients children need to recover. In the long term, hunger and severe malnutrition can result in permanent negative effects on physical and cognitive growth, from which children never recover.

We are very proud of our contribution and encourage everyone to visit save the children to give the support they can.