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tigrays cry for food falls on the world’s deaf ears

The founder of children’s charity Mary’s Meals is sounding the alarm over the hunger crisis in Tigray and urging immediate action, writes Gary Armstrong


Children holding up strong messages as representatives from Mary’s Meals arrive at Gendet Primary School (Armstrong Kiprotich)


A charity chief has shared a rare and harrowing insight into the unfolding catastrophe in Ethiopia, saying: “It’s as extreme as anything I’ve ever witnessed.”

Mary’s Meals founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow is urging people to take immediate action to prevent widespread starvation following a recent trip to the war-damaged region, as the charity launches an appeal to reach children who are facing emergency levels of hunger.

More than 91 per cent of Tigray’s population has been “exposed to the risk of starvation and death” and millions are in desperate need of food aid. The region recently endured two years of deadly civil war that displaced millions and is estimated to have claimed the lives of upwards of 600,000 people.


Interruptions to aid supplies in 2023, compounded by several failed rainy seasons in recent years, have accelerated the region’s humanitarian crisis. Current IPC hunger projections suggest the majority of Tigray is experiencing “emergency” levels of hunger, with predictions that “some households will likely face ‘catastrophe/famine’ by July”.



Fitsum could only send one of her children to school, so she chose her daughter, Aradech (Armstrong Kiprotich)


“The only option we have now is to wait for support, or die in our community.”


Read the full article here.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 20588.html



(This is the Omo Valley, Protected by Ethnic Federalism.) Tigray is a far cry from the Omo Valley.



This is Gambella lush landscape but low intelligence Tigrayans are not welcome here in Gambella or in other ethnic group regions, Thanks to TPLF Ethnic Federalism.


Poverty in resourceless Tigray is hereditary.

Tigray has always been, is and will continue to remain a miserable poor desert tiny region, It has neither natural resources nor arable land, During the famine of the 1970s, Amharas were resettled in Wollega Zone but thanks to the timely ethnic federalism, Today, people affected by famine are not accepted for resettlement in other ethnic group regions in war-torn Ethiopia.

The two most vulnerable ethnic groups in war-torn Ethiopia are desert dwelling Tigrayan beggars and the nasty looking pickpocket landless Gurage listros.

Ethnic Federalism is the best thing that ever happened to war-torn Ethiopia.

[Sadacha Macca]

Imagine if the tplf used the billions they looted to feed tigray and to also invest in modern farming, they wouldn't be in the situation.
It's sad nonetheless, and I hope they get help soon.