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.