Famine in Kenya

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My Friends,
The famine has worsened dramatically in the northern deserts and southern plains of Kenya. ICROSS has worked among the Samburu and Maasai for 27 years and is working with the Government and local communities fighting the devastating effects of hunger and drought. There are thousands of lives at immediate risk in the northern and southern areas of this famine . Many thousands of children across the famine belt are falling into extreme stages of advanced malnutrition and marasmus protein malnutrition .
The Government of Kenya has declared the famine conditions affecting parts of the country a national disaster. 2.5 million people are threatened, almost 10 percent of the population, over the next six months. Help is needed for the provision of water for both people and animals, restocking of livestock and provision of seeds to farmers in preparation for the next crop season.
We urgently need your help now to provide essential micronutrients, water, rapid clinical care, and support for severely malnourished children. In Feb and early march we have seen over 70% of all livestock dying and 78% of water sources drying up. We are working together with the Ministry of health to reach as many families and vulnerable communities as possible and have put all our medical teams into the famine areas. We need to extend emergency support, diarrhoeal control, decontamination of infected drinking water, child survival and primary health in March and triple the number of people we are helping. We can not do this without you. We need your personal support now,
On behalf of us all, thank you.
Dr Mike Meegan
International Director
ICROSS
mike@icross.ie
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