Breaking the Cycle of Food Shortages in Africa With Fertilizer and Technology

26 Aug 2011
The United States has survived its debt-ceiling showdown, but it just found an extra million for famine relief in East Africa. This new commitment, announced earlier this month by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, boosts the amount of aid for Ethiopia, Somalia, and my country of Kenya to more than 0 million this year. The humanitarian aid will reach 4.6 million people. They need it: Over the last three months, almost 30,000 East African children have perished as victims of the region’s worst drought in years. The assistance shows that even in the hardest of hard times, the United States is a generous nation.

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