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SummaryThe latest country added to IFRC’s Africa hunger crisis appeal, Djibouti is experiencing one of the worst series of successive droughts in history as well as an influx of thousands of migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia.
“The situation of drought-induced hunger is alarming,” says Amina Houssein, the secretary general of DRCS. “Unemployment and low levels of social protection, along with rising food prices and very low levels of food production means families are likely to go by with just a meal a day.”
“The incidences of floods, high heat, droughts, as well as the prevalence of diseases and shocks have hit rural communities the hardest,” Hussein adds. “Our priority actions have been lifesaving basic needs assistance through multipurpose cash assistance, as well as water, sanitation and hygiene for human and animal consumption.”
