week 6 assignment

SAVE THE CHILDREN is a website of interest to me. The drought in East Africa is one of their great concerns at the present time. The countries most affected are Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The drought has put an estimated 12 million people in need, especially children who are hungry, thirsty and desperate. In Ethiopia’s Somali region hundreds of people are dying every day in the southern region and at least half of them are children.
The hunger crisis is caused by a lack of rain, failed harvests, loss of livestock herds and food prices escalating. The expected rains will not come until October and then planting season will begin.
SAVE THE CHILDREN is reaching out to children and adults in Kenya, treating malnourished children in each nation. In Kenya supplementary feeding for children under the age of 3 has begun and will be extended to children under 5. Good water is a severe problem affected by the drought and improving water supply and sanitation in health clinics and school. Veterinary care and feeding of the cattle through the Pastoralist Livelihoods Initiative Project continues to be provided helping children and family members in Ethiopia. SAVE supports the Kenyan Ministry of Health with immunizations in an effort to control the outbreaks of measles. SAVE partners with other groups to care for displaced children and provide primary schools
This website paints a grim picture of children living in poverty all over the world. SAVE is an organization that works to alleviate the pain of hunger and safety for as many of these children as possible. They also partner with other organizations in establishing programs that define poverty and reach out to these children and their families.
SAVE THE CHILDREN works to bring education to those children in poverty ridden parts of the world furnishing school rooms, books, food, water, clinical needs and safety in housing. I know that SAVE is an organization that does not consider their own needs when going into a country but what is best and what they can do for the people, especially the children. There is the desire for excellence of provisions and education.
I have subscribed to their e-letter but it is not published monthly. I think that it is published tri-monthly therefore I have not received new information except for what I have followed on their website. It is obvious that much of my interest is in Africa, which is dear to my heart. I also know that people in West Africa are suffering from drought, lack of food and sanitary water. I receive a newsletter from missionary friends that tell of the situation in Guinea, West Africa. With the political situation there being so fragile, necessary living conditions are also fragile.
http://www.savethechildren.org
I cannot publish the names or newsletters of my friends for reasons of safety their names have to remain unspoken.