Tagged: hunger

Zambia’s extended flooding season

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A boy walks through damaged crops in Liyoyelo Village. Effects of the seasonal flooding of the Zambezi River in Zambia's Western Province. Credit: James Oatway / OXFAM.

Along the coast of El Salvador, families cope with climate change

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The Sensunapan River near Acajutla. Photo: Luis Galdámez/Oxfam

We're working with a consortium of local aid groups to petition the Salvadoran government to fund the construction of a levee system that would protect communities along the banks of the Sensunapan River.

Suffering the Science: linking climate change and poverty

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Farmers try to plant through the ongoing drought. Credit: James Akena/OXFAM.

Shifting seasons are destroying harvests and causing widespread hunger – but this is just one of the ways climate change is taking a toll on the world’s poorest people. Here are some examples of the effects of climate change in developing countries.

G8 Agriculture Ministers admit failure on hunger

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Political leaders have admitted that they will probably fail to deliver on promises to halve world hunger by 2015

Zimbabweans face grim hunger season

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Zimbabwe has entered its peak hunger period with more than half the population now dependent on food aid. The situation could rapidly worsen as vulnerable households are set to receive smaller food rations this month because of funding shortfalls.

Millions more Ethiopians going hungry as aid effort stalls

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These women have left their village in the Afar region of Ethiopia, in search of food and water. Almost all the children here are either malnourished or severely malnourished. Credit: Nick Danziger/Oxfam

The number of Ethiopians needing emergency assistance has jumped by 40 percent from 4.6 million to 6.4 million people since June, according to latest official figures from the United Nations and the Ethiopian government.