Famine support for 1700 Ethiopian students

The roads were dry and dusty, gradually less green was seen and after 150 kilometres no green was seen, the trees were leafless and brown, I started counting the Baobad Trees. These are used as animal fodder, but the children told me they eat the moist pith inside the dry outer bark, "it is filling, you see..."

The children are so brave, trudging the long roads to their far away school with little or nothing in their tummies, I could see their thin bony bodies through flesh under they lose and ragged clothes.

They told me that yes, they were hungry, they have only a handful of porridge every day and the high energy biscuit given by Abraham's Oasis and that Tuesday and Thursdays are highlights because they also have a spoonful of peanut butter on the biscuits, "that is good!"

The government is providing families in this famine area with grain flour and oil from which porridge is made. The chairman of the PTA told me they receive 15 kilogrammes of grain to last one month for a family of five to ten with four litres of oil. By the end of the month there is little to nothing left.

"Are the high energy biscuits useful?" I asked him.

"Oh yes, the children though tired and hungry attend school because they have food there and the teachers are pleased because the children don't fall asleep from hunger." He replied

Abraham's Oasis has added two more elementary schools; Cher and Bahr-Geza and compared to Fyel Wuha they are thinner, some have mouth sores, some squinting in the sun indicating nutritional needs (Vit A)... The health centres have been notified.

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