My presentation on starvation in Ethiopia and what you can do to help

1. By Dominic Phillips

2. Ethiopia’s in Need
The people of Ethiopia are starving. Men, women, and
children are dying every day. Nations all over the world
are sending food to the country. But it still isn’t
enough.

3. Draught in Ethiopia
•Ethiopia is experiencing its
worst draught in over 60 years
•It hasn’t rained in Ethiopia as
it usually does in February to
May
•If it dosn’t rain by August
there will be no harvest this
year.

4. How many are starving?
•There are over 6.2 people
starving right now in
Ethiopia. Including
270,000 children.

5. Effects of the Starvation
•47% of the children under 5
are moderately to severely over
weight
•Only 22% of the population
has clean drinking water
•About 3 people die every
minute in Ethiopia due to
hunger
•More than 4.5 million people
are starving in Ethiopia

6. The Ethiopian Government
 The Ethiopian government has multiple longterm food
programs that give out food
 The government is relocating people from over-
populated areas to areas that are less populated and
more fertile

7. The United Nations
•The United Nation’s
“World Food Programme”
is getting emergency food
assistance to about 3.7
million people in Ethiopia.

8. Relief Organizations
 AmeriCares sends medicine and food to Ethiopia.
They feed over 25,000 people a day
 RICE International Relief Organization has set up two
medical clinics in Ethiopia
 Ethiopian Red Cross (ERC) has 11 branches within
Ethiopia giving out food and medical care

9. What Can You Do?
•There are many ways to
help Ethiopia. The most
direct way is to volunteer to
teach children and work at
feeding center(this can be
done through
globalvolunteernetwork.or
g.) But there are many
other ways to help like
donating to a releif
organization or spreading
the word about Ethiopias
crisis.

10.  Cnn.com
 Huffingtonpost.com
 WFP.org