The donations will be used to adapt to the urgent needs of about 4.5 million people over the next six months, according to Michael Dunford, Regional Director of the WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa, who said on Tuesday that the funds will help communities become more resilient to extreme climate shocks.
"The situation necessitates urgent humanitarian assistance as well as ongoing support to help communities become more resilient. in the future "Dunford made the announcement in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the Horn of Africa is suffering the driest circumstances since 1981, with severe drought causing severe hunger for an estimated 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia in the first quarter of this year.
According to media reports, three consecutive failed rainy seasons have destroyed crops and resulted in very high animal fatalities. Water and pasture shortages, according to the World Food Programme, are causing families to flee their homes, resulting in rising community violence. "Recurrent droughts in the Horn of Africa have damaged harvests, killed animals, and increased hunger," the WFP Regional Director warned.
Further estimates of below-average rainfall, according to the World Food Programme, threaten to exacerbate already terrible conditions in the coming months. The drought has affected pastoral and agricultural communities in southern and southeast Ethiopia, southeastern and northern Kenya, and south-central Somalia, according to the report.
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