UNICEF: Victims of Ethiopian food crisis share their stories

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 child with severe malnutrition is in immediate danger of death," said UNICEF's Deputy Representative in Ethiopia, Viviane Van Steirteghem. "For the moment, NGOs are working in 55 woredas [districts], and they are, together with government, providing the capacity to take care of about 40 to 50 per cent -- but there is a big capacity gap to take care of the remaining children." UNICEF correspondent Anwulika Okafor reports on victims of the Ethiopian food crisis who share their stories. In this video, UNICEF correspondent Anwulika Okafor reports on victims of the Ethiopian food crisis who share their stories.

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