https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r en-us 2023-05-04 11:56:38 UTC 2026-01-14 00:47:30 UTC hello@padlet.com mdgarfield2 https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r/wish/2578166486 In Africa, one in five people faced hunger in 2020. The number of hungry people continues to rise.Conflict, drought, and economic woes triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic are reversing years of progress. As of 2020, more than one-third of the continent’s population was undernourished. In the whole of Africa, 282 million people were experiencing hunger, more than double the proportion of any other region in]]> 2023-05-04 12:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r/wish/2578166486 mdgarfield2 https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r/wish/2578168676 Conditions are deteriorating across East Africa, where 7.2 million people are at risk of starvation and another 26.5 million face acute food insecurity. At least 12.8 million children in the region are acutely malnourished. It’s heartbreaking that the lives of millions of children in East Africa are at risk due to a perfect storm of conflict, changing or unpredictable weather patterns, and the aftershocks of COVID-19,” said Edgar Sandoval Sr., president and CEO of World Vision U.S. “The long-term harm of malnutrition on children’s development hinders their ability to achieve their God-given potential.”


]]> 2023-05-04 12:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r/wish/2578168676 mdgarfield2 https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r/wish/2578169707 World Vision has launched an emergency response for Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda to help feed 7.1 million people, including 3.4 million children. We’re screening children and pregnant mothers for acute malnutrition and providing families with nutrition support.“We are marshaling resources to support vulnerable communities across East Africa to avert the catastrophic effects of hunger, starvation, and loss of livelihoods. We are particularly concerned about the impact on children,” said Joseph Kamara, regional humanitarian and emergency affairs director for World Vision in East Africa. “It is not too late to avert the crisis, but it will be soon, if we don’t act quickly and decisively.”]]> 2023-05-04 12:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r/wish/2578169707 mdgarfield2 https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r/wish/2578170140 Further south, successive crop failures and poor harvests in  Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are taking a toll on agriculture production, and food prices are soaring. In recent growing seasons, parts of southern Africa experienced their lowest rainfall in decades. Significant below-average conditions are creating concern for the 2022 season. Other areas suffered widespread destruction from Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in March and April 2019, near the time for harvesting.]]> 2023-05-04 12:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mdgarfield2/19fk9h6ipsyj435r/wish/2578170140