A Family Living In West Hararghe, Ethiopia.

A family going thru hunger and suffering together in west Ethiopia.
Mother, son and Husband......................


Hardim, West Hararghe, Ethiopia - Zeinab Aliye has no more milk to give her nine-year-old son, Ahmed. The family has eaten all their food and their farm has been totally devastated by the drought. Nutritional surveys in several regions of Ethiopia are already showing increased cases of malnutrition such as marasmus and kwashiorkor among children and adults.



Mieso, West Hararghe - Sani Yuya's two-year-old son, Ahmed, is malnourished. With no proper harvest for four years, his family of four faces critical food shortages along with over one million people in the region. Although traditionally a food producing area, many farmers have no maize, which is harvested green at this time of year, and represents an important lean season food. They also lack livestock products such as milk. Across Ethiopia, the drought could result in 10 to 14 million people needing food aid in 2003, depending on October's rainfall.