Famine in Africa In pictures…

Famine = the third leg of the Triangle of Misery in Africa –Approximately 200 million Africans suffer from chronic hunger

So why is nobody helping? The stability of the government directly impacts a country’s ability to produce enough food to prevent famine. –There are civil wars going on and government corruption –Food is used as a weapon (bribing/punishmen t for not voting)

Africa: An Environment of Poverty Droughts…. AIDS reducing the workforce Locusts

I want you to take a second to reflect on this photograph. Make some observations…write them down…

Refugee camp: home to over 380,000 refugees

Dadaab Refugee Camp: Somalis who are displaced by a ravaging famine come here.

A woman collecting food rations

Somalians at the refugee camp trying to escape the dust storm