Drought in Uganda

Here are some of the pictures of food distribution to the refugees and the hungry in a place called Kosovo in Kampala where thousands of people are going hungry because of the raise in food prices. This was our first experiment on knowing how to handle the feeding as we establish feeding centres during this very trying moment in our Country. These pictures  of women lining up with their kids to

have most probably  their only mean for the day are becoming commonplace in Uganda.

Below is an article in Uganda newspaper last week which highlights the depth of the problem across the country. Feed The Hungry are continuing partner with Solomon in his ministry to supply  meals every day for the children under his care. With an outpouring of grace we can help our brothers and sisters in Christ know that love knows no boundaries.  

 

Famine hits Teso, Acholi regions Wednesday, 13th April, 2011  

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By Milton Olupot and B. Namboozo

PREGNANT mothers in Teso and Acholi regions have resorted to eating termites and leaves for survival, due to acute shortage of food, Parliament heard on Tuesday.

Soroti Woman MP Alice Alaso stunned the House when she said some people in the north and eastern regions had started eating rats owing to the acute lack of food.

“In Teso, we are suffering, we are hungry and I believe there is enough money in the Government coffers to salvage us,” she said amidst, murmurs of ‘shame’, ‘shame’, and ‘shame’, especially from the opposition politicians.

Refugees and disaster preparedness minister Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere caused uproar when he demanded that Alaso gives the numbers and names of women who were feeding on termites.

Several MPs, angered by the minister’s statement, demanded that the Speaker, Edward Ssekandi, pronounces Kabwegyere out of order because of what they called insensitive statements from him.

Ssekandi, however, did not heed to their call and simply asked the minister to find food for the people.

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