hungry African children

30 million children or more and adults across a Africa face a devastating hunger crisis. Poor rainfall, crop failures and skyrocketing food prices and insecurity from Nigeria in the West to Kenya in the East have made it hard for parents to provide nutritious food for their children. Every day that young children go without eating the right nutritious foods puts them behind in their growth and development. What’s worse, it can weaken their immunity, making them vulnerable to killer diseases like diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia. We must stop hunger in Africa before it worsens, to help children survive and thrive. “I'm still haunted by what I witnessed in West Africa. The ghostly remains of herds of livestock are everywhere. With their families' sources of food and income decimated, children who were chubby-cheeked and vibrant are now shadows of their former selves. We can stop this tragedy from unfolding further, but the time to act is right now.” - Robert Laprade,