Oxfam and Save the Children Ask for $144.8 Million for East Africa Drought
The British charities Oxfam and Save the Children appealed for $144.8 million in emergency aid for the drought-hit East African nations of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia
Two straight seasons of poor rains prompted Oxfam to make a record African aid appeal, seeking $80.4 million to give 3 million people water, food and sanitation, the London-based charity said in an e-mailed statement.
Save the Children said that shortages of food have left some children surviving on one meal of porridge a day, and appealed for $64.3 million to ramp up its response to the worst drought in the region in 60 years.
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