In the ongoing tragedy of Sudan–being ably blogged by James Moore and Joanna Cippolla Moore–a new act is about to begin.
Summer rains are expected to flood many refugee camps, while making it hard for aid and food trucks to get
through.
According to the UN’s World Food Program project,
in such desperate humanitarian straits as Darfur. More than a million
people have been displaced by the conflict between the government in
Khartoum and rebel forces, the violence exacerbated by marauding
militias on horses and camels.
Most people are living in impromptu camps, sheltering under flimsy
roofs of straw and cardboard, surviving on food handouts and the
medical attention of the few brave NGO doctors and nurses who have been
able to reach them. Malnutrition rates are soaring, particularly
amongst children under the age of five; livestock is dying as its
owners can no longer afford to spare the animals any water from their
daily ration; clothes are turning into dirty rags.
Anyway, we can help the UN’s World Food Program save lives in Sudan by making a credit-card donation online.
There’s something about that image of clothes turning into dirty rags
that really got me, so I was grateful for the opportunity.