EAST AFRICANS NEED URGENT HELP
Across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia families are dying of hunger as the East Africa region struggles with the worst drought in 40 years. £60 Food & water pack: Support a family of seven with a nutritious food parcel and clean water to last a month. A total of 7.1 million people face catastrophic levels of food insecurity as the region endures its third consecutive failed rainy season. Families have lost their livestock and source of income. Somalia, one of the worst hit countries has been facing a thirty year old conflict that has resulted in political and economic instability. As a result, A total of 1.5 million children under 5 face acute malnutrition; nearly half a million of these children face severe malnutrition and may be at risk of dying without immediate treatment. As people and their livestock continue to die of hunger, the region is on the brink of famine that could be declared at any moment. The last famine in 2011 was responsible for the death of half a billion people and a devastating loss of livestock. Mercy relief will be providing food parcels to the hungry people in East Africa. We need your help to save lives. £120 Food & water pack: Support two families of seven each with a nutritious food parcel and clean water to last a month. £180 Food & water pack: Support three families of seven each with a nutritious food parcel and clean water to last a month.“If anyone saved a life it would be as if he saved the whole of humanity.” (Quran 5:32)