Drought Disasters

Country-By-Country Overview Ethiopia: An estimated 8 million of Ethiopia’s 60 million people are at immediate risk due to drought. UNICEF estimates that 1.4 million of those at risk are children under five. Eritrea: Successive years of drought, combined with the border war with Ethiopia, has created major food shortages. Nearly 1.3 million people are at risk, including…

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Global Water Crisis

Here are some of the signs of an upcoming global water crisis and some links you may be interested in reading. It is being projected that by the year 2030, global demand for water will be 40 percent higher than it is today. Worldwide demand for fresh water tripled during the last century, and is now doubling…

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