Tag Archives: drought

Securing the future of Turkana

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Lucy Murunga in Stories

Having witnessed ghastly scenes of malnourished and hungry children and mothers in Turkana, Kenya, in 2011, I returned a year later and witnessed a total transformation. World Vision is busy working on recovery and resilience-building programs that are rapidly changing the picture of this region of East Africa....

Smiles, laughter in the midst of crisis

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Mariana Chokaa in Disaster Relief

World Vision’s Mariana Chokaa reports from Niger, a country left reeling from the drought and hunger crisis that has devastated Africa’s Sahel region. At a local clinic, where one might expect to encounter the desperation of malnourished children, she instead observes a downright cheerful atmosphere. What explains this? World Vision’s early interventions amid increasingly dire conditions have helped save lives....

How much is a life worth?

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Rich Stearns in Conversations

In the news business, there’s a saying that goes, “One dead fireman in Brooklyn is worth five English bobbies, who are worth fifty Arabs, who are worth five hundred Africans.” I quoted this in my first book, The Hole in Our Gospel. It’s understandable that we identify and sympathize with the people closest to us. We have a harder time empathizing with people who are somehow removed — whether geographically, culturally, religiously, or nationally. It’s normal. But it’s not okay....

[Infographic] Drought, food crisis, and famine: What’s the difference?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by World Vision social media team in Disaster Relief

Drought, food crisis, and famine: What's the difference? | World Vision Blog

Drought, food crisis, and famine: When the technicality of these terms is stripped away, we simply associate them with people not getting the food and water they need to survive. While this is easy enough to understand as a general concept, the “how,” “why,” and “what can I do” are a bit more complex. In order to make these concepts easier to understand, we’ve broken in them down into an easy-on-the-eyes infographic. Click the image below to get the full scoop!...

Mauritania: A story of life or death

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Adel Sarkozi in Disaster Relief

Rich Stearns, president of World Vision U.S., recently warned that we must take decisive action now to prevent the hunger crisis in West Africa’s Sahel region from devolving into outright famine, similar to what was seen in parts of the Horn of Africa last year. Today, World Vision’s Adel Sarkozi writes from Mauritania, confirming this message: West Africa may not be making headlines in the media, but the humanitarian situation there is dire, and we must act immediately....