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Seventeen Year Old Eritrean Girl
Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians are hunger-stricken due to the famine in Ethiopia. The picture shows the tragic condition of a 17-year-old girl. Debilitating malnutrition is more common among women and girls, who are considered less important...
Earthscan
Ethiopia, today, is ravaged by famine. But custom prevents thousands of women from growing the drought-resistant crops which the men no longer cultivate.
UNICEF
An Ethiopian girl who feeds dough to her hunger-stricken mother.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Ethiopians at Takalabab Camp in North East Sudan, where more than 35,000 have [...]
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
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
"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
(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
A dead body of a young man is being prepared for burial.
The Times of Ceylon Press