East Africa Crisis Appeal Overview Feed the People 17th March 2017

Feed the People – Emergency Appeal The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has issued an East Africa Crisis Appeal in response to food insecurity in Africa. Ending hunger and famine in Africa

Feed the People – Emergency need in Africa Due to persistent conflict, severe drought and economic instability several countries in Africa face the risk of famine in 2017 The Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) is an agency supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) informs us that: Militant extremist are causing displacement of populations Limiting market activity and Restricting normal livelihoods Emergency food assistance needs during 2017 is unprecedented in recent decades: Estimated 70 million people across 45 countries require emergency food assistance this year According to FEWS Net more than 40 million people in Africa are facing food insecurity and in some case, outright starvation Feed the People

Feed the People - Scope and cost estimates Number of people impacted Continent Cost Estimates 40 Million Africa £3.6 Billion Christine Mungai, 2016 Feed the People

Feed the People - Critically impacted countries Number of people impacted (Millions) Issues Yemen 14.0 More than half the population are hungry and children are dying from malnutrition Ethiopia 10.2 Mothers and children are acutely malnourished. Worst drought in fifty years. Somalia 6.8 80 per cent of livestock has been wiped out in Somaliland. South Sudan 2.8 Facing the devastating effects of both drought and conflict. £1 Billion needed for emergency relief. Nigeria (North-East) 0.12 Exported too much grain – not enough for Nigerians. War has forced 1.9 million people to flee their homes. Feed the People

Feed the People - More countries impacted Kenya Eretria Mauritania Angola Zambia DR Congo Zimbabwe Mozambique Lesotho Madagascar Swaziland Malawi etc. Feed the People

Feed the People - Church’s response to the East Africa Crisis Appeal? Formed a Group (‘Feed the People’) to nationally partner with churches, other faiths, and businesses to raise funds to meet food insecurity needs Feed the People

Feed the People – Coordinating Committee Women L-R: Deseta Davis & Eve Pitts Men L-R: Joe Aldred, Neville Fletcher, David King & Errol Oliver Ending hunger and famine in Africa

Feed the People – Moving Africa to food security

Feed the People – Why working with Christian Aid? Their work is founded on Christian faith They are an agency of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Churches have a longstanding relationship with this agency They understand the accountability needs of churches to keep donors informed. Is Faith Based Feed the People

Feed the People – Give & make a difference On-line: Go to www.caid.org.uk/eastafricacrisis and click on DONATE, enter your amount, under ‘I am donating’ select the third option ‘On behalf of another individual, a church or other group/organisation’, under ‘Details’ enter the Reference OR853051 in each of the three boxes. Feed the People

Feed the People – Pray & make a difference

Feed the People – Contact information For further information contact Rev Canon Eve Pitts on 07855 315222 or Dr Joe Aldred on 07775 632288; Email: joealdred@btopenworld.com Feed the People

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