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"Desertification Means Famine"
Desertification Means Famine. Food aid came too late for two of the three children of this Ethiopian mother; days after this photo was taken they died. According to UNEP each year 21 million hectares of once productive land is rendered useless for...
United Nations Environment Programme
"Desertification Means Famine"
Desertification Means Famine. Food aid came too late for two of the three children of this Ethiopian mother; days after this photo was taken they died. According to UNEP each year 21 million hectares of once productive land is rendered useless for...
United Nations Environment Programme
A Relief Centre in Burkina Faso
Third World poor are at the mercy of foreign donors. Scene at a relief centre in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is an example.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Coping with Disaster: Drought in Ethiopia
The UN family of organisations is often called upon to help in times of disaster — natural and man-made. UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) provides legal protection and material assistance to refugees. Severe drought and endless poverty ca...
United Nations Information Centre
(Left): Even the single drop from the tap is nectar to him. (Right): Two emaciated girls who have nothing but skin and bones for bodies.
The Times of Ceylon Press
He has received a tin of milk powder as foreign aid.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Photo 01: A group waiting for food. Photo 02: They lament for deceased family members Photo 03: The dead bodies of people died from hunger.
The Times of Ceylon Press
An Ethiopian girl who feeds dough to her hunger-stricken mother.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Ethiopia faced the most severe famine of the year. Photo shows an orphan, starved to death.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A dead body of a young man is being prepared for burial.
The Times of Ceylon Press