In southern and eastern Africa in particular, alternating droughts and floods are destroying harvests. Food supplies can no longer be secured. Either the riverbeds have dried up and vital water sources are becoming increasingly scarce. Or the floods damage the infrastructure and cut off areas from supplies.
Hunger in Africa on the rise again
After progress in recent years, the number of hungry people worldwide is rising again. In 2022, up to 783 million people did not have enough to eat. One in five people in Africa is affected by hunger. Yet there is enough food for everyone.
Anyone who wants to curb famine must work on the many causes: Because hunger is not a force of nature, it is caused by people. There are many reasons for hunger: desertification, natural disasters such as droughts and floods, large-scale deforestation, conflicts over agricultural land and, above all, the climate crisis. People can no longer live off the yield of their fields and hunger is on the rise. In southern and eastern Africa, the nutritional and living situation of the rural population is deteriorating and malnutrition is on the rise.
The work of the Misereor partners
Misereor has been helping people for many years to make their agricultural cultivation methods more resilient to climate and price fluctuations. This is how our local partners help:
- Acute hunger relief through the distribution of food parcels to children and adults
- Long-term help by supporting the production of food
- Developing diverse farming systems that are less sensitive to climate change
- Improving the drinking water supply through the construction of dams
To ensure that your donation has an impact in the long term, Misereor uses a small proportion for important administration an related tasks. This way, we make sure that projects are selected carefully and implemented responsibly and that their effects are regularly monitored. Should it not be possible to use your donation as planned, we will use it where it is currently needed most.
