The worst drought in 60 years is causing a severe food crisis affecting 12 million people, more than half of which are children, in the Horn of Africa.

Food prices are sky-high leaving parents unable to feed their children. Wells have gone dry. Herds are dying from lack of grazing and water. Crops are non-existent from lack of rain. There is very little hope that this food and water crisis will let up until 2012. More than a quarter of the children in the hardest-hit parts of Kenya are severely malnourished. ADRA is providing food rations to households, with a special ration reserved for pregnant and lactating mothers, and an additional ration for malnourished children. ADRA is drilling four boreholes in various communities and making water readily available through water trucking.

In Uganda, hundreds of thousands of people are reported to be in danger of severe starvation and living with a dangerously low supply of water. ADRA is addressing the serious deficiency of nutritional intake by providing food, water and emergency non-food items to 55,000 beneficiaries in northeastern region of Karamoja.

In Somalia, where ongoing civil war has displaced entire villages, ADRA is providing high-risk areas with clean drinking water through an emergency water trucking response. We are repairing boreholes and rehabilitating water points in strategic locations, maximizing the number of individuals who can benefit from its repair. To protect against the spread of diseases amongst internally displaced persons camps (IDPs), ADRA is constructing latrines. A provision of non-food items such as plastic sheets for shelter, sleeping mats, blankets, mosquito nets, water containers, utensils and chlorine tablets are being distributed in the camps.

The Western Somali region in Ethiopia has experienced very low rainfall, a devastating setback to the pastoral communities who rely entirely on their livestock for their livelihood. Along with an emergency water trucking response and distribution of essential non-food items, ADRA will be providing livestock feed and veterinary assistance to protect the assets of the farming communities. Through this intervention, ADRA is helping secure the livelihoods of thousands who are dependent upon their highly valuable livestock.

Mission Statement

ADRA works with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible action

Vision Statement

ADRA is a professional, learning and efficient network that embodies integrity and transparency. ADRA reaches across boundaries empowering and speaking out for the at-risk and forgotten to achieve measurable, documented and durable changes in lives and society.

About ADRA

ADRA is currently one of the leading non-governmental relief organizations in the world. In 1997 the agency was granted General Consultative Status by the United Nations, a unique opportunity giving ADRA added voice in the international community. In 2004 it assisted nearly 24 million people with more than US$159 million in aid. More than 4,000 ADRA staff members currently work in 125 countries. As new challenges and needs arise, ADRA continues to strive to realize its mission of reflecting God’s love through compassionate acts of humanitarian service.

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