Oxfam America http://www.oxfamamerica.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 7 to 21. Our Land Our Lives http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/our-land-our-lives In the past decade an area of land eight times the size of the UK has been sold off globally as land sales rapidly accelerate. This land could feed a billion people, equivalent to the number of people who go to bed hungry each night. In poor countries, foreign investors have been buying an area of land the size of London every six days. With food prices spiking for the third time in four years, interest in land could accelerate again as rich countries try to secure their food supplies and investors see land as a good long-term bet. All too often, forced evictions of poor farmers are a consequence of these rapidly increasing land deals in developing countries. As the world’s leading standard-setter and a big investor itself, the World Bank should freeze its own land investments and review its policy and practice to prevent land-grabbing. In the past the Bank has chosen to freeze lending when poor standards have caused dispossession and suffering. It needs to do so again, in order to play a key role in stopping the global land rush.

]]> No publisher bgrossmancohen agriculture food security hunger land 2012-10-05T20:01:50Z Briefing Paper Tanzania’s female food heroes transform the landscape http://www.oxfamamerica.org/articles/tanzania2019s-female-food-heroes-transform-the-landscape Oxfam leads a contest that puts the stories of women like Martha Waziri in the national spotlight. Launched in 2011 by  Oxfam’s GROW campaign and local partners, the Female Food Hero contest is raising the profile of women in places like Tanzania—where women grow, cook, and produce most of the country’s food, but are rarely publicly recognized for their accomplishments.

Last year thousands voted via mobile phones for the winners of Tanzania's national competition, whose stories were shared with about 25 million people via TV and the media. This year’s winners will also be determined by public voting, and will be announced on World Food Day, October 16.

Below, Oxfam’s Mwanahamisi Salimu profiles one of Tanzania’s 15 Female Food Hero finalists, Sister Martha Waziri. Read about the other finalists on Oxfam’s East Africa blog.

Everywhere I travel in Tanzania I meet women who work the land, but are unable to own or inherit it because of cultural restrictions. In Kondoa district in Dodoma I met a remarkable woman, Sister Martha Waziri, who was determined to change this.

Now 45 years old, Martha began her campaign to reclaim land in 1984. As a young woman she began her calling in the Catholic Church, enrolling in Catholic schools but forced to drop out three times due to ill health. Disheartened and landless, and with no hope of inheriting land from her parents, she saw a possibility to claim a wide sand-ridden seasonal furrow on the border of her village.

The land was completely barren and none of the men wanted it. But not everyone shared 17-year-old Martha’s vision, and when she asked the local authority if she could use it, they laughed at her.

“I became an object of ridicule to other villagers, and when my first attempt to reclaim land failed it was a bonus to them,” she recalls.

Eventually, though, she managed to claim 18 acres of that land. As both a farmer and a pastoralist, she now cultivates 9.5 acres of this land, growing sugarcane, maize, sweet potatoes, cassava, bananas, and a variety of beans. She also rears eight goats and 26 chickens.

She has reaped the economic benefits of her initiative, but has also become a beacon of change in the village. More than 300 villagers, organized into five groups, have now emulated her.

Donasian Kassian, a fellow villager, told me: “When we joined Sister Martha in reclaiming sand-ridden furrows, people dubbed us mad. But 28 years ago this place was a huge useless canal. Today we eat sugarcanes, maize and beans from this land.”

Following her religious calling, Sister Martha has supported 12 orphans and vulnerable youth over the years. Her farms have secured food for her extended family and generated a reliable income to build 10 rooms that the orphans can call home, and from where they can pursue their dreams.

Sister Martha’s success has not been without challenges. She says her first experience of climatic changes was when her fishpond dried up as water levels in the area decreased. She says the land has become increasingly dry, affecting her banana farm most of all.

Sister Martha is not an agro-science expert. She doesn’t use high-tech machines. But this extraordinary woman from an ordinary rural community has made a substantial contribution to conserve her environment and made a remarkable difference in the lives of her fellow villagers. I cannot acknowledge her in any better way than to call her a Female Food Hero.

]]> No publisher Mwanahamisi Salimu East Africa GROW Tanzania agriculture equality for women food security gender hunger women 2012-12-21T14:43:12Z Feature Story Sahel food crisis: "Now I have peace" http://www.oxfamamerica.org/articles/sahel-food-crisis-201cnow-i-have-peace201d Rather than distribute food to the hungry in Senegal, Oxfam partners are providing something even more valuable in an emergency: cash. Across the western Sahel region of Africa, a failed harvest has triggered a severe food crisis. Oxfam is working with local partners to reach more than one million people with aid.

“It is hard not to be able to feed your children,” says Adama Diallo.  “You can’t be at peace. You can’t sleep at night.”

Diallo, who lives in the village of Tankanto Escale, Senegal, is no stranger to hunger. Each year in the run-up to the fall harvest, those who depend on agriculture experience a lean season, when the last of the stored food runs out and they must cope as best they can—reducing their meals to a minimum while they eke out an uncertain income from day labor, trading, and in some cases mining for flecks of gold.

But this year, the lean season in Senegal—as in much of the western Sahel—began months early, and the consequences have been harsh. More than half a year on a sparse diet of millet and rice has left many children severely and visibly malnourished. And farmers, many of whom have had to sell off their labor-saving equipment and draft animals to buy food, face the difficult task of cultivating crops while hungry and fatigued.

Diallo’s own story is not unusual: after the disastrous harvest of 2011, her stocks of food ran out quickly, and she resorted to a hand-to-mouth existence as a trader in the marketplace, beginning each day with no money and only borrowed goods to sell, and ending with—if she was lucky—enough food to get through another day.

“If the food is not sufficient,” she says, “we only give it to the children.”

Diallo’s struggles didn’t go unnoticed: Oxfam’s partner FODDE (in English, Forum for Sustainable Indigenous Development) included her in a program to distribute cash to the people most in need in this emergency. So recently she traveled to a credit union in the nearest large town, presented her cash voucher card and ID, and received enough money—provided by Oxfam—to feed a household of 10 people for a month (about $8 per person).

Cash buys food—and more

Why distribute cash rather than food during a food crisis?

It is a surprising fact that in the midst of a food crisis, marketplaces may be overflowing with food. In the Kolda market, for example, which serves Tankanto Escale, some local farmers – despite the crop failures—have managed to gather or grow a few items for sale. They ran out of rice months ago, but traders have filled that gap and many others by importing goods from other regions.

As long as food is available, there’s no need for an aid provider to undertake the costly and time-consuming process of shipping it in. Yet people who have lost their harvest—and with it their main source of income—may not be able to afford the food that’s there. For that, they need cash.

Cash payments quickly go to work in the local markets, benefiting not only the people who receive the money directly but also the local farmers and vendors they buy from.

And cash provides flexibility. A food distribution might involve fixed rations of beans and grains—the non-perishables that can travel long distances— but people who receive cash can buy a variety of foods, including eggs, fresh fruit, and vegetables. Furthermore, those who have pressing medical concerns can make the choice to spend some of their money on doctors and medicines.

So in southern Senegal and some of the other crisis-affected regions, Oxfam is focusing not on providing food but on providing the means to purchase the foods and critical services that are available locally.

There was enough for everyone

Diallo used her first payment to buy rice, soap, and cooking oil. “Once we received the cash, there was a big change,” she says. “Before, we ate twice a day, but never enough. The children ate three times a day, but it never filled them. After the payment, there was enough for everyone.”

The money not only helped her meet immediate needs—it released her from the daily imperative of earning money in the marketplace, so she has had a chance to plant her fields. Which means that if this season’s promising rains continue, she will likely have a harvest in October or November that will help her get back on her feet.

“Now I have peace,” she said, “and I am sleeping well.”

Read blogs about Oxfam’s cash and public health programs in Senegal.
Read about Oxfam’s response to the food crisis throughout the western Sahel.

Donate now to the Sahel food crisis fund.

]]> No publisher estevens Senegal West Africa food security humanitarian relief hunger 2012-09-21T18:45:26Z Feature Story Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa Progress Report, July 2011 - July 2012 http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/food-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa-progress-report-july-2011-july2012 The 2011 drought across the Horn of Africa was, in some places, the worst to hit the region for 60 years. It was not until images of the crisis appeared in global media, and the United Nations declared a famine in two parts of Somalia, that international donors woke up to the severity of the disaster. By that time, 13 million people were affected.

]]> No publisher cmccabe Ethiopia Horn of Africa Somalia drought food security humanitarian relief 2012-08-06T17:33:45Z Research Report Cereal Secrets http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/cereal-secrets The world's largest grain traders and global agriculture This research report provides an analysis of the role and impacts of the world's largest commodity traders on the modern food system. The report was commissioned to support GROW, Oxfam's global campaign to deliver food security in a resource-constrained world. The campaign, launched in 44 countries over the last year, urges governments, companies and civil society to repair the world's broken food system, which leaves nearly one billion people hungry every night, including millions of small-scale farmers and workers who produce much of the world's food.

]]> No publisher aperera GROW food security hunger 2012-08-06T17:43:02Z Research Report Solidarity and sharing: How Chadians cope in a food crisis http://www.oxfamamerica.org/articles/solidarity-and-sharing-how-chadians-copes-in-a-food-crisis When one family in a community receives food during a distribution, many others often share a portion of it. In the Guéra region of Chad, one of the countries in West Africa where a food crisis is affecting more than 18 million people,  Oxfam is now distributing staples provided by the World Food Programme to more than 61,300 people a month. Among the provisions are corn, beans, oil, and salt.

On distribution day in the village of Louga, women and children sat patiently, waiting for their names to be called as workers carefully measured each family’s allotment. Here, every grain is precious. Though Oxfam has selected the most vulnerable villagers to receive the food—widows, divorcees, and people caring for orphans—in reality the sorely needed calories will be shared widely among many. It’s one of the survival strategies common in Louga, where the homes sit close together along dusty paths and the temperature soars to 104 degrees.

“Solidarity here in this community is very strong,” says Khadidja Idriss, a mother of six children. She shared with 10 other families some of the food she received on distribution day, which included 75 pounds of corn, 9 to 11 pounds of beans, a little more than two quarts of oil, and close to a pound of salt.

“My neighbors have virtually nothing either, but they will even feed my children if I’m out. We help each other, regardless of how little we have,” Idriss says. “This is how we survive.”

Before the distribution, Idriss , who suffers from increasing pain in her legs, had been struggling to find enough food for her family. Meals consisted of corn flour mixed with water, and a sauce made from leaves gathered by her children.

“The children often don’t manage to sleep and they cry because they are hungry,” said Idriss. “Sometimes I have no words of comfort for my children. I boil water with a bit of salt for them to drink, which will fill them up.”

But there is no comfort like food, and when Idriss learned that her family had been selected for the distribution, she could hardly wait to convey the news.

“I told my children straight away and they were so happy and joyful and haven’t talked about anything else since,” she said.

The day before the distribution,  a neighborhood child, propped near the doorway of Adoaga Ousmane’s home, chewed on a pit from a piece of fruit . The fruit was long gone, but the chewing helped stave off hunger. For Ousmane, caring for a house full of children and grandchildren, hunger has been no stranger. Her family, too, was among those selected to receive the monthly rations. And like Idriss, her share went far beyond her own threshold.

“I shared the food I received with three other families,” said Ousmane. “I can’t eat my food while other people go hungry. We always share if we can. There is a strong feeling of solidarity in the village. I have to help others who are in need as they would help me if I asked.”

]]> No publisher Oxfam Chad West Africa food security humanitarian relief hunger 2012-09-17T15:56:47Z Feature Story Tackling the food deficit in the world's newest country http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/tackling-the-food-deficit-in-the-worlds-newest-country A year after South Sudan became the world's newest nation, half of its 9.7 million citizens are struggling to meet their basic food needs. Internal conflict, clashes with Sudan, poor harvests, and complex population movement have all contributed to the current crisis. This brief looks at the reasons for the current food crisis in South Sudan and draws attention to its impact on the population. It calls on the government of the Republic of South Sudan and international actors to urgently address the food insecurity crisis, ensure that resources reach the most vulnerable, and work for peace and development for the citizens of the world‘s newest country.

]]> No publisher estevens South Sudan food security 2012-08-06T15:19:32Z Briefing Paper Sahel food crisis http://www.oxfamamerica.org/emergencies/west-africa-food-crisis Poor and erratic rains, failed harvests, and soaring food prices set the stage for a severe food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa in 2012, placing more than 18 million people at risk. No publisher mborum disaster risk reduction food security humanitarian relief internally displaced persons natural disaster water 2013-04-10T23:13:25Z Emergency East Africa food crisis http://www.oxfamamerica.org/emergencies/food-crisis-in-east-africa For many of the 13 million people affected by the food crisis that hit East Africa in mid-2011, the hardship is not over. Though good rains came to many areas in late 2011, millions of people continue to need support to recover. For many of the 13 million people affected by the food crisis that hit East Africa in mid-2011, the hardship is not over. Though good rains came to many areas in late 2011, millions of people continue to need support to recover.

]]> No publisher mborum Ethiopia Kenya Somalia drought food security global food crisis humanitarian relief hunger 2012-07-09T21:28:51Z Emergency Saving Lives 24/7 http://www.oxfamamerica.org/emergencies/global-emergency-response Oxfam is helping people survive catastrophes like hurricanes and earthquakes, and the dangerous upheavals of war. Learn about Saving Lives 24/7. No publisher mborum disaster risk reduction food security humanitarian relief internally displaced persons natural disaster water 2013-04-19T18:42:55Z Emergency Food-for-work program allows families in El Salvador to recover from disaster, prepare for future emergencies http://www.oxfamamerica.org/slideshows/food-for-work-program-allows-families-in-el-salvador-to-recover-from-disaster-prepare-for-future-emergencies Oxfam America, together with five local organizations and the World Food Programme, helped communities recover from one emergency while they prepare for future ones. No publisher chufstader Central America El Salvador disaster risk reduction food security humanitarian relief mitigation natural disaster 2012-07-03T13:53:00Z Slide Show Food-for-work program allows families in El Salvador to recover from disaster http://www.oxfamamerica.org/articles/food-for-work-program-allows-families-in-el-salvador-to-recover-from-disaster-prepare-for-future-emergencies Oxfam, together with five local organizations and the World Food Programme, helped communities recover while they prepare. Nestled between Olomega Lake and the lake’s natural drain channel in eastern El Salvador is the small community of La Pelota, home to 67 families. Many who live here depend on small plots of farm land or work as day laborers—with little to fall back on if things go wrong.

That’s why an Oxfam America emergency response launched in La Pelota last October sought not only to meet people’s immediate needs, but to help them mitigate the risks of their community for the future.

When it rains hard, La Pelota is one of the first communities in the area to flood, in part because a vigorously growing plant called la ninfa clogs the local waterways. The plant is a sign of another problem people face: poor infrastructure for sanitation. Most families rely on pit latrines whose contaminants feed the growth of la ninfa.

In October, Tropical Depression 12-E hit. It rained for almost two weeks straight. On one side of La Pelota the lake overflowed, and on the other side its natural drain spilled its banks.

“It began to rain quite a lot. Little by little, the lake drained, but then the water level rose as it continued to rain,” said Juan Francisco Flores, a 32-year-old community member. “The lake doesn’t flow fast enough through the channel. The water backs up and that’s what floods the community… The stream was flooding on one side and the lake on the other. We were isolated.”

The response from the community to the flooding was well planned and evacuation was timely, due to preparedness work that had been done by Oxfam partner Fundación Maquilishuat (FUMA), in recent years. However, damage to crops was severe.

Together with FUMA and the World Food Programme, Oxfam America launched a food-for-work initiative that not only helped families in La Pelota survive in the first months after the emergency, but reduced the risk they would face in the future. FUMA and citizens of La Pelota decided to clean out the channel to allow the water to flow more easily and prevent flooding. Oxfam provided material to do the work, FUMA provided monitoring and technical assistance, and the families carried out the work.

The project provided people with 100 pounds of corn, 33 pounds of rice, 20 pounds of beans, and a gallon of cooking oil, in exchange for 80 hours of work a month.

“The food-for-work project has been well received. It was very effective to implement this project at this time of year, when people usually don’t have work,” says Sandra Quinteros of FUMA. “There’s been a selection process for the FFW program, with several criteria—that they lost at least 50 percent of their production; that they live on less than two dollars a day; that they have many children or older adults to care for; that they are day laborers; and that they are willing to work.”

The food-for-work project has been implemented in 99 poor communities like La Pelota, in 15 municipalities throughout El Salvador. A total of 3,800 families earned a three-month supply of corn, beans, rice, and oil for a family of five, enabling them to recover from their losses and now live in better prepared communities.

]]> No publisher Tjarda Muller Central America El Salvador disaster risk reduction food security humanitarian relief hunger 2012-11-19T21:46:15Z Feature Story Sahel food crisis: Waiting for water--and the garden to grow--in Burkina Faso http://www.oxfamamerica.org/articles/waiting-for-water-and-the-garden-to-grow-in-burkina-faso Women in Burkina Faso are growing produce to feed their families and to sell, but getting access to enough water for the enterprise is a daily challenge. In years of drought like this one, when the cereal harvest has been minimal, market-gardening in Taffogo, a community in the north center area of Burkina Faso, has become one of the few solutions available to families to provide them with food to eat and produce to sell. But the lack of water is also creating a challenge with regard to crop irrigation.

On the edge of the Taffoga cooperative, in a clearing among the huge mango trees that populate the community, we are welcomed by about 30 women, who describe the horticultural work they are able to carry out with the support of Oxfam, through its local partner ATAD.  In the vegetable plot they have planted cabbages, aubergines, gombo (a local vegetable), onions, and garlic. These will enable the women to improve the variety of their diet and they will be able to sell any surplus.

Ramata Zore stops for a few minutes to talk to us while her colleagues water and weed the plot.  She is 25 and has 4 children to look after. And at the moment she is on her own, as her husband has gone to the Ivory Coast to look for work.

“The vegetable plot is a help to me, because what I get from it goes somewhere towards feeding my family,” she says. “If I sell some of the vegetables, I can buy millet, which is the staple part of our diet. Also, in these difficult times, we make a recipe based on millet with a few cabbage leaves, which the children love.”

But gardeners here face a daily struggle: Water.

“There isn’t enough water and the wells are drying up,” says Zore.  “We’ve had to organize ourselves into two groups: one group does the watering one day and the other does it the following day. In fact…after a few hours of watering, the well is dry and we have to wait a while before we can fill up the buckets again”.

After we have been talking to her for a few minutes, we notice that the coming and going of the women up and down the rows is starting to slow. The four wells on the perimeter of the garden have dried up and the women are congregating around them with their buckets and watering cans, waiting for the water levels to rise again.

“I live in Taffogo and in spite of our having large fields for growing crops, we’ve only harvested four sacks of millet this year, compared with the 20 we can get in a normal year,” says Zore. “But it’s a long time since we had a normal year.  Last year, the floods destroyed much of the harvest. We go from one catastrophe to another, either because of too much water or too little.”

“Before, when rain wasn’t in short supply, we had 15 small sheep and cattle,” Zore says. “But we’ve had to sell them all and have now only got one small goat left. As I’ve got nothing else, I’ll have to sell her to buy seeds for next season.”

How to feed her children is always on Zore’s mind.

“Often they tell me they’re hungry and all I can offer them is comfort,” she says. “If there’s something to eat, I give it to them, and if not, I ask the neighbors.”

“My dreams?” Zore asks, surprised at my question about her wishes for the future. “To have enough food to feed my family and a house built of bricks, instead of a shack like the one I live in now. I’d also like to keep up the vegetable plot for five years.  Then, if I manage to find something else to do which will enable me to supplement my income, I’ll be able to start a small business. I want to carry on with the vegetable plot and earn money to help my children.”

Oxfam is aiming to help 1.2 million people across seven countries with programs that include cash transfers and cash-for-work initiatives, veterinary care for the livestock on which many families depend, and access to clean water and sanitation. We are also campaigning to change the root causes of this crisis. Find out how you can support our efforts.

]]> No publisher Irina Fuhrmann Burkina Faso West Africa drought food security humanitarian relief hunger water women 2012-06-15T19:18:39Z Feature Story In Peru, women confront climate change with traditional gardens http://www.oxfamamerica.org/articles/in-peru-women-confront-climate-change-with-traditional-gardens Can ancient knowledge help solve today’s problems? Indigenous women in the Amazon believe that it can—and to prove it, they’re going back to their roots. Through a pilot project from Oxfam and partner organization the Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP), indigenous Kichwa women in five rural communities in the San Martin region of Peru are working together to cultivate shared gardens. They’ve planted only crops native to this biodiverse Amazon region, like daledale, a root vegetable, and majambo, a nutritious yellow gourd, along with local varieties of household staples.

Many of these plants have been cultivated by Kichwa people for generations, but are in danger of disappearing as growers turn to cash crops like coffee or cacao instead. This shift to a single crop can leave farmers more vulnerable unpredictable rainfall caused by climate change, and more dependent on purchasing food from outside rather than growing it themselves—putting them at risk of hunger.

“Food prices are increasing. Sometimes we don’t have money for bread,” said Luz Sinarahua, who leads the group of women growers in Chirikyacu. “That’s why we’re glad to have the beans, yucca, and plantains from the garden.”

See a photo slideshow of the women and their gardens

Oxfam program officer Lorena Del Carpio said the ancestral Kichwa methods of harvesting and planting year-round can help people adapt to changes in the climate. “Indigenous people have important knowledge about how to work with the environment,” said Del Carpio. “[Their traditional way of] growing diverse crops helps ensure food for their families.”

The idea for the gardens came from listening to Kichwa women, who first raised concerns about the loss of their crops in an AIDESEP workshop designed to build women’s leadership and advocacy skills. These efforts are part of a larger Oxfam program that helps indigenous people in South America protect their cultural, political, and territorial rights.

In the future, “we want to make sure we have enough for food, [but] our main goal is to sell crops so we can increase our incomes,” said Sinarahua of the women’s plans. AIDESEP aims to organize a sellers’ fair where growers from these remote towns can exchange seeds and connect with potential buyers. And, eventually, they hope to expand the project to other communities.

To learn more about the traditional gardens and the women who grow them, see the article in OXFAMExchange magazine.

]]> No publisher akramer Peru South America climate change food security indigenous people women 2012-05-21T19:54:35Z Feature Story Sahel food crisis: Senegalese singer Baaba Maal performs benefit concert http://www.oxfamamerica.org/articles/west-africa-food-crisis-senegalese-singer-baaba-maal-performs-benefit-concert Maal visits drought-affected communities to raise awareness in growing Sahel crisis The renowned singer Baaba Maal has intensified his call for an urgent response to the food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa. Maal, who has recently been named an Oxfam global ambassador, toured some villages in the Matam region of northeast Senegal last week.

The singer and his band, The Orchestre Daande Lenol (“voice of the people” in the Fulani language), held an all-night concert in Wodobere village to raise funds for affected communities.

Maal paused during the concert attended by 1,000 people in the remote village to speak about the food crisis in Senegal and other parts of West Africa. “There is a need to act fast to avoid the situation getting worse. We saw children who don’t even have water to drink. Everywhere it is dry, wells have dried up, and dead animals are littered everywhere.”

The morning after the concert, Maal visited the village of Mbelone located two and a half miles from Wodobere. “We face serious problems here. Our livestock are dying before our eyes,” said Ely Hamady Diallo, the chief of Mbelone, to Maal and a group of journalists. “If we humans do not have food to eat how can we feed our animals? Every other day we lose an animal -- the livestock are our livelihood.”

“I am here with Oxfam to call on governments and the international community to come and help,” Baaba Maal said to journalists after listening to the villagers. “We are demonstrating that artists are not just there to perform and make money. We can be agents of development.”

More than 18 million people are affected by the food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa owing to irregular rainfall last year, a lack of animal fodder, poor harvests, and lingering vulnerability from the 2010 food crisis. Rising food prices across the region and political conflict in Mali compound the situation. In Senegal, 850,000 people are affected. Oxfam’s response to the crisis will include: cash transfers so families can purchase food and agricultural inputs like seeds, as well as assistance to ensure people have clean water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance. With sufficient food and seeds, families stand a much better chance of a successful harvest this year.

Oxfam is aiming to help 1.2 million people across seven countries with programs that include cash transfers and cash-for-work initiatives, veterinary care for the livestock on which many families depend, and access to clean water and sanitation. We are also campaigning to change the root causes of this crisis. Find out how you can support our efforts.

]]> No publisher Patrick Ezeala ACT FAST Senegal West Africa drought food security humanitarian relief hunger 2012-06-18T15:01:31Z Feature Story