6367404) and a Folding Rigid-bottom Boat (FRB) (Patent No. 6684808) a Folding Rigid- Inflatable Boat (FRIB) (Patent No. patents: a drogue-like boat stability and directional-control device (Patent No. Callahan recounted his ordeal in the best-selling book Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea (1986), which was on The New York Times best-seller list for more than 36 weeks. In 1981, he survived for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in a liferaft. Steven Callahan (born 6 February 1952) is an American author, naval architect, inventor, and sailor. Surviving for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea We work in 123 countries and territories, combining emergency assistance with long-term development while adapting our activities to the context and challenges of each location and its people.Author, naval architect, inventor, and sailor “We’re doing all that we can – should additional funds be available, we are planning to scale up our operations to reach 90,000 people in the worst affected areas of the country with food and cash support, so mothers don’t need to leave their children hungry.” We’ve seen up to 75 percent of households eating less, resulting in increased malnutrition rates” said Mary Njoroge, WFP Country Representative in Djibouti. “The drought has resulted in unimaginable suffering amid the traditional nomadic population. The prices of maize and sorghum in Somalia are triple what they were a year ago. In Kenya, where inflation tops 15 percent, the drought coupled with high fertilizer prices is expected to shrink regional cereal production by roughly 16 percent, triggering broader economic spinoffs. Over the past year, the average monthly price of the local food basket has increased by nearly half across the broader East Africa region. "Market prices have risen even more than before, and we have to adapt in any way possible” she added.
Robe holds her baby as they wait outside a WFP supported nutrition clinic in the village Malabot in Marsabit County in northern Kenya.
Today, they are on the move in search of food, pasture, water and alternative livelihoods. The climate crisis that has uprooted more than 1 million people. So, we are entering a whole new phase in climate change,” said WFP’s Michael Dunford “This is the worst drought, the driest it’s ever been in 40 years. Some 3.9 million children are severely malnourished in Ethiopia alone, or roughly half all those suffering from malnutrition across the Horn of Africa. “Mothers and children have started to gain weight and are slowly getting back on their feet.” “I observe big changes a few days after they’ve been introduced to the nutritional food supplements,” she said.
She made it to the Eria Ambule health post with her 11-month baby when the pair's health started to deteriorate.īehailua, is one of the nurses who works there, treating children aged under-5 suffering malnutrition, along with their mothers. She lives in the South Omo zone, in Ethiopia’s southeast, near the border with Kenya. Photo: WFP/Michael Teweldeīergi witnessed the scorching weather decimate her crops and animals. Democratic Republic of the Congo emergencyīergi's seven children are signed up to WFP’s nutrition programme in South Omo zone, Ethiopia.We work in 123 countries and territories, combining emergency assistance with long-term development while adapting our activities to the context and challenges of each location and its people.
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