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UNICEF procures therapeutic food for drought-stricken Ethiopia

Workers move sacks of emergency food supplies in and out of Ethiopia's largest "strategic grain reserve" depot in Adama, on February 13, 2016. Ethiopia is in the grip of an El Nino drought with 10.2 million people - 10 percent of the population needing food aid. © AFP

Coletta Wanjohi
Press TV, Addis Ababa


UNICEF has provided Ethiopia with ready-to-use therapeutic food, as the country is hit by severe drought caused by El Nino climate cycle. Figures shows that drought in Ethiopia has affected millions of people including six million children who are at risk from hunger and disease as well as lack of water.

 


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