International Aid for the Horn of Africa
01 November 2011
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, center right, in white shirt, walks with UNHCR staff and Somali refugees during a visit to Dagahaley Camp, near Dadaab, Kenya.
JUNE SIMMS: I’m June Simms.
BARBARA KLEIN: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about international humanitarian aid. And, we talk to people involved in efforts to help victims of the extremely dry weather and famine in East Africa.
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JUNE SIMMS: The United Nations says about seven hundred fifty thousand people could die from starvation in the Horn of Africa. Earlier this year, the UN declared a famine in parts of Somalia. Years of armed conflict have limited the country’s supply of food.
Recently, UN officials have said that three million seven hundred thousand Somalis are in need of emergency food aid. The UN appealed for over two billion dollars in humanitarian assistance for the Horn of Africa. Over one billion five hundred million dollars has been promised.
Last month, the United States said it would provide an additional twenty-three million dollars to countries in the Horn of Africa. It said ten million of the twenty-three million dollars would go directly to Somalia. In all, the United States has promised more than six hundred million dollars because of the famine and drought conditions.
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