Programs
Today, 925 million people across the globe suffer from hunger, which robs them of healthy, productive lives. In response, nations have joined together in a coordinated, global strategy to cut hunger and improve food security. By committing $3.5 billion over 3 years and establishing a results-oriented plan of action called “Feed the Future”, the U. S. government is boldly leading the way to increase agricultural productivity and incomes and decrease childhood malnutrition in developing countries. Overcoming the root causes of hunger will take time. Therefore, it is also critical for the U.S. to continue its innovative and live-saving food assistance programs. U.S. food aid programs are more than a hand out, they are a hand up, improving living conditions, incomes, nutrition and agriculture.
Members of Congress Seek US Leadership in Fighting African Famine
Lorise Napeitak in the drought-hit Turkana region of Kenya, where residents are surviving on wild fruits and palm seeds.
With 12.4 million people facing famine in East Africa, 14 Members of Congress write Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, supporting U.S. leadership in responding to dire needs, for putting pressure on militants impeding aid in Somalia, and for the Food for Peace productive safety net program in Ethiopia and pre-positioned food aid in the region that helped mitigate the severity of the crisis. Click here to read the letter and click here to read about the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program.
What's New
World Vision Testifies Before House Subcomittee regarding the Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa
September 8, 2011
Kent R. Hill, Sr. Vice President of International Programs, World Vision U.S., testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights, regarding the Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa. Click here to read full testimony.
Fact Sheet: U.S. Response to Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa
U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson
September 8, 2011
More than 12.7 million people—primarily in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia—are in need of emergency assistance in the Horn of Africa. The United States is deeply concerned by the humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa, the famine that is occurring in parts of…