According to a news article today, the response to the appeal for donations to help tackle the crisis inEast Africais falling short of what is needed:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/08/somalia-famine-appeal-raises-less
I’m sure readers of this website know about the crisis and have already taken action, but here’s a reminder of some of the routes for donating:
www.redcross.org.uk/FoodCrisis
Also in today’s Guardian is an interesting analysis of the situation:
Clearly there are a number of causes that have come together to create the crisis – climate change, violent conflict, land grabs, corrupt government, global rises in food commodity prices etc. It would be interesting to know other people’s thoughts about this or to hear of good discussions that people may have read.