Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
Every day 25,000 people die from hunger and poverty and more than 120 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are permanently living on the edge of emergency.
Most of them live on the edge because we keep them there. Money raised to respond to emergencies often leaves them worse off than they were before.
CARE is demanding that we put a stop to this by calling for a dramatic overhaul of the system that is keeping them trapped.
Care’s new report, entitled “Living on the Edge”, calls on the international community to give higher priority to recovery and prevention programs like seed distribution and improved veterinary services so that families can pull themselves back from the edge and be in a stronger position to fight off the next emergency themselves.
Left: A cattle herder with his son and the remains of their herd. A severe drought is having a devastating impact on the livelihoods of thousands of pastoralists, dependent on rainfall and grazing throughout North Eastern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A cattle herder’s young family that is now dependent on food aid distributed by Care. They have lost nearly all their cattle as a result of the drought and have been forced to settle in this community.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A pastoralist at a bore hole run by Care. His camels, in the background, are all that remains of his herds and all of his cattle have all died.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A woman and her baby cooking her family’s daily ration. Thousands of people like her have become dependent on food aid, distributed by Care.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A woman whose family have lost nearly all their cattle and who are now dependent on food aid distributed by Care.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A woman whose family have lost nearly all their cattle and who are now dependent on food aid distributed by Care.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A cattle herder and his wife with what remains of their families of herd.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
Women collect water from a puddle in a road, in one of drought stricken regions of south Eastern Ethiopia in which Care is working.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A woman loads her camels with water from a borehole run by Care. These herders are travelling up to 100 km to find water.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A young girl who lives in a community that is dependent on food aid supplied by Care.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
A young girl in one of drought stricken regions of south Eastern Ethiopia in which Care is working.
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Care International II, Kenya
October 2006
Women in one of drought stricken regions of south Eastern Ethiopia in which Care is working. Care has established a women’s cooperative in this village, that has helped the women to establish small income generating enterprises that is helping them earn enough money to restock after the severe drought killed of most of their livestock.
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