James Morris
James Morris
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Food must come first. We cannot put families who have lost their homes and loved ones to violence on a 1,000-calorie-a-day diet.
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We have put financial systems in place to help ensure people do not starve if donations are not immediately forthcoming. But these internal loans cannot be repeated if the international community does not step in to replenish funds.
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This is a measure we should simply never have to take. Our donors were really supportive in 2005 -- they cannot be less so in 2006.
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We will urgently need more help in the next 10 days because it takes time to buy, ship and distribute food. It is not something you can do overnight.
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The world has not appreciated in the last 60 days how serious this situation is... we are now in a crisis. We are in a life-saving mode.
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And with forecasters suggesting that the April rains will also be poor, the number of families needing assistance could grow in the coming months. Without adequate emergency food aid, we fear for the worst.
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Ethiopia, the whole Horn of Africa is a very vulnerable part of the world.
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Other humanitarian agencies in southern Somalia face the enormous challenge of reaching drought victims in remote and insecure areas. We urge leaders and rival militia to set aside their differences and guarantee safe passage (of food aid) to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
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We have clearly heard their message: Don't abandon us at this crucial time and risk a return to the bloody nightmare that we lived through for so many years.
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We need six, seven, eight times as much help as we have already had for the next 12 months. If there's a break in the pipeline, the shock and the lack of water for those millions of people who are now seriously at risk will mean we will start to see large numbers of casualties very, very quickly.
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I wish the problems of this region could be easily solved, but the reality is that many millions of people will face extreme difficulties even if there are better harvests this year.
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Since our last appeal in December, we have received very little, against the growing needs.
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There is a change in the world's weather pattern that disproportionately affects Africa.
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The good news is that the rains have been better this year. We will not see widespread famine.