Every day 25,000 people die from hunger and poverty and more than 120 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are permanently living on the edge of emergency.
Most of them live on the edge because we keep them there. Money raised to respond to emergencies often leaves them worse off than they were before.
CARE is demanding that we put a stop to this by calling for a dramatic overhaul of the system which is keeping them trapped.
Our report calls on the international community to give higher priority to recovery and prevention programmes like seed distribution and improved veterinary services so that families can pull themselves back from the edge and be in a stronger position to fight off the next emergency themselves.
in this section:
- Living on the edge
- Prime Minister receives 44,000 postcards for World Food Day
- New survey shows British public want media to highlight food crises earlier and for longer
- Send a message to our government to take action
- Video: Alastair Stewart in Kenya
- Impossible to fight the HIV virus without good food, warns CARE International
- World Aids Day
- Read the report
- Watch the movie
- Press Releases
- Millions are at risk of starvation as a result of flawed emergency funding, warns CARE International
- In a Somali refugee camp with the ITV crew
- Help now - make a regular donation
- From the field
- Direct Debit
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