UNICEF: Plea for aid for malnourished children in Ethiopia

SIRARO DISRICT, Ethiopia, 2 June 2008 -- UNICEF estimates that 126,000 children are in need of urgent therapeutic care for severe malnutrition in Ethiopia, and this number is likely to climb as more harvests fail. The agency also estimates that 3.4 million Ethiopians will need food aid over the next three months, and that 6 million children are in danger of malnutrition. A United Nations food summit to address the global food crisis will begin in Rome on Tuesday. The World Food Programme projects that $147 million will be needed to feed children at risk in Ethiopia. To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_44260.html

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