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Red Cross relief food reaches drought-affected areas

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    The ICRC says it has airlifted about 150 mt of relief food to the Gode area of Ethiopia since 12 April. Some 15-17 mt are reaching Gode daily by Hercules C-130 plane, according to an ICRC report from Addis Ababa. Village elders are distributing the rations, monitored by ICRC staff and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society.

    AFP reported that donors had been slow to provide sufficient funds for the UN World Food Programme's effort to aid famine victims, but that donations increased as a result of WFP director Catherine Bertini's tour of the Horn of Africa. WFP launched an appeal for US $137 million for Ethiopia at the
    beginning of the year, and says another appeal will be needed.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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