Comments on: Ethiopia’s new famine: ‘A ticking time bomb’ http://www.tadias.com/08/18/2008/ethiopias-new-famine-a-ticking-time-bomb/ Ethiopian Business and Lifestyle Fri, 19 Jul 2013 03:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=192 By: tarike http://www.tadias.com/08/18/2008/ethiopias-new-famine-a-ticking-time-bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-4376 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:25:53 +0000 http://www.tadias.com/?p=2504#comment-4376 I feel sorry about this terrible famine. I will send $10.

I know it is not much, but that’s all I can do. Hope it helps.

Where can I send it to?

]]> By: Tinkishu From Zozanba http://www.tadias.com/08/18/2008/ethiopias-new-famine-a-ticking-time-bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-4369 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:44:06 +0000 http://www.tadias.com/?p=2504#comment-4369 I feel shame. The famine is caused by ignorance of our people. Please tell us how to raise funds and mobilized the diaspora.

God be with us.

Israel

]]> By: Begudu http://www.tadias.com/08/18/2008/ethiopias-new-famine-a-ticking-time-bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-4351 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:12:05 +0000 http://www.tadias.com/?p=2504#comment-4351 This is beyond heart breaking to me. This makes me outraged, sad and also ashamed. I have a little girl, imagining her without her milk is painful to me. I share and feel the tears of the parents and the starvation of kids is like a knife in my chest.

I voiced my concern about the lack of attention from the diaspora towards the poor and neglected. This is not a time to blame government, ( even if everyone here, the govt, the world economy, mother nature and our always unstable country, is to blame) blames are self fulfilling to say i am not the one to blame, but they don’t save he life of a dying baby.

the report clearly states the reason for the drought,

“Its ingredients: drought that in some places killed the entire spring crop; global inflation that has doubled the price of food; armed rebellion in the Somali region that has disrupted food delivery; and assorted plagues, from insects to hailstone”

LET US DO SOMETHING.

here is what i propose,
Find a charity that is active in Ethiopia right now.
Read what they are doing, find out how much of your dollar go to help people.
Send what you can. $5, $10…..whatever you can.
encourage others.

I will send $25 to oxfam today. I know it is not much but i feel comfort in knowing may be, just may be A baby will be fed because of my contribution.

Love you all.
Begudu
Seattle

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