BBC News reports that Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world’s first “climate change famine”. This is according to the United Nations, which says tens of thousands of people are already suffering “catastrophic” levels of hunger and food insecurity after four years without rain.
Even though rain fell earlier this year, the worst hit part of Madagascar is still in the Parish of Amboasary in the Diocese of Toliara, where people are eating locusts and cacti to survive. Click here to read the full article.
Please pray for the people of this region.
Information on how to give to help the Diocese provide food can be found here.
That’s equal to losing the last seven years of productivity growth, according to research led by Cornell University and published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study was funded by a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The revelation comes as the United Nations’ World Food Programme warns of a “looming catastrophe” with about 34 million people globally on the brink of famine. The group has cited climate change as a major factor contributing to the sharp increase in hunger around the world. Food inflation is also on the rise as farmers deal with the impact of extreme weather at a time of robust demand.
Dear Sue,
You may or may not know that our Church of All Saints in the Herault France, is intending to link up with the Parish of
Fenoarivo in the Doicese of Toliara.
In the meantime we saw that you have a famine crisis in Toliara and so our congregation is in the process of collecting money to help in this crisis. However having scoured the web site there seems no direct method of sending such money for this specific purpose.
Can you send details on how this can be achieved.
Many Thanks
Carol Gardner and Phyl Mallett