UNICEF STEPS UP SUPPORT AS NAMIBIA GRAPPLES WITH WORST DROUGHT IN DECADES

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UNICEF STEPS UP SUPPORT AS NAMIBIA GRAPPLES WITH WORST DROUGHT IN
DECADESNew York, Aug 12 2013 1:00PMThe United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) is scaling up support, including nutrition education and
infant feeding activities, in Namibia, which is currently facing its
worst drought in three decades.

According to the country's Directorate for Disaster Risk Management,
all 13 regions have been affected by the drought, with major shortages
of water, both for humans and animals, and food.

UNICEF <"http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/namibia_70107.html">said
an estimated 778,000 Namibians, a third of the population, are either
severely or moderately food insecure. Families are selling assets such
as livestock, reducing the number of meals eaten in a day, migrating
to cities to find work.

In May, the Government declared an emergency, and committed around $20
million to provide food and water to affected people.

Aid agencies have also stepped in to help, UNICEF pointed out, but
added that as numbers of affected communities continue to rise,
funding gaps are widening. The agency needs $7.4 million to help an
estimated 109,000 children under the age of 5 at risk of malnutrition.

"Women and children are really bearing the brunt of the drought," said
UNICEF Namibia Representative Micaela Marques de Sousa.

"So, in addition to supporting the Government and key partners like
the Namibian Red Cross, we are focusing on making sure communities
have access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, that
communities are educated about nutrition and early infant feeding and
that school attendance is being monitored."

The drought is aggravating an already serious rate of stunting, a form
of chronic undernutrition, said UNICEF. In Namibia, 29 per cent of
children under 5 are stunted – and in an emergency, early detection of
malnutrition can often mean the difference between life and death.Aug
12 2013 1:00PM
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