Piria Shukuru walked for one and a half hours to reach the food distribution site in Oiti, Kenya. The young mother of three small children and five teenagers was happy to do it.
“Before the food arrived, the situation was bad. There was no food in the markets and we had to travel far to buy food. This food [from CRWRC] is keeping us strong,” she said.
She needs her strength. Piria, like many in her community, is a herder who makes her living through livestock. While she is used to the nomadic lifestyle of moving to new locations to find water and pasture for her animals, this year is different. Traditional sources of water have dried up. She now walks nearly 20kms to find the nearest source of water.
“When we do start to move the animals, where should we go?” she wonders. “Everything has changed.”
The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) is helping families like Piria’s. Early in August, CRWRC provided 175 metric tonnes of maize and 35 metric tonnes of peas to 3,500 Kenyan families at seven different distribution sites as part of its East Africa Drought response.
Many parts of East Africa are experiencing the worst drought conditions of the past 60 years. More than 10 million people are affected – especially in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya. Through funding commitments from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, ACT Alliance, Canadian Churches in Action, and other organizations and the generous contributions of churches and individuals, CRWRC plans to provide $9 million in emergency aid between August and December 2011. This response will include food supplies and drinking water, as well as fodder for livestock. This essential aid will reach 112,000 Kenyans, 22,200 Ethiopians and 10,800 Somalis, for a total 145,000 people. (Full story at crcna.org)
As part of the Christian Reformed Church of North America, we have opportunity to give to Christian Reformed World Relief Committee to help women like Pirea. CRWRC is partnering with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) to receive a 4-to-1 match from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for the food aid portion of our response. There is an additional opportunity for a 2:1 grant from the East Africa Drougth Relief Fund.
She needs her strength. Piria, like many in her community, is a herder who makes her living through livestock. While she is used to the nomadic lifestyle of moving to new locations to find water and pasture for her animals, this year is different. Traditional sources of water have dried up. She now walks nearly 20kms to find the nearest source of water.
“When we do start to move the animals, where should we go?” she wonders. “Everything has changed.”
The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) is helping families like Piria’s. Early in August, CRWRC provided 175 metric tonnes of maize and 35 metric tonnes of peas to 3,500 Kenyan families at seven different distribution sites as part of its East Africa Drought response.
Many parts of East Africa are experiencing the worst drought conditions of the past 60 years. More than 10 million people are affected – especially in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya. Through funding commitments from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, ACT Alliance, Canadian Churches in Action, and other organizations and the generous contributions of churches and individuals, CRWRC plans to provide $9 million in emergency aid between August and December 2011. This response will include food supplies and drinking water, as well as fodder for livestock. This essential aid will reach 112,000 Kenyans, 22,200 Ethiopians and 10,800 Somalis, for a total 145,000 people. (Full story at crcna.org)
As part of the Christian Reformed Church of North America, we have opportunity to give to Christian Reformed World Relief Committee to help women like Pirea. CRWRC is partnering with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) to receive a 4-to-1 match from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for the food aid portion of our response. There is an additional opportunity for a 2:1 grant from the East Africa Drougth Relief Fund.
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