{"id":58050,"date":"2022-01-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/?guid=367adfb90994ba4e75d0376743bd1b5a"},"modified":"2022-01-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T00:00:00","slug":"at-least-6-million-people-in-ethiopia-will-need-life-saving-assistance-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/at-least-6-million-people-in-ethiopia-will-need-life-saving-assistance-un\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 6 million people in Ethiopia will need life-saving assistance: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that 6.4 million people in eastern and southern Ethiopia affected by drought need life-saving assistance this year, including three million people in the Somali region, 2.4 million people in eastern Oromia and one million people in southern Oromia<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After the third consecutive failed rainy season, drought in southern and eastern Ethiopia (Somali region, eastern and southern Oromia) is already having a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists and agro-pastoral communities living in the region, where about three million people face water shortage and need require water trucking support, according to an OCHA statement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The drought also impacted more than 155,000 students in these areas due to the closure of schools and the lack of school food programs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that 6.4 million people in eastern and southern Ethiopia affected by drought need life-saving assistance this year, including three million people in the Somali region, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n