Tearfund appeals for Zimbabwe famine

March 28, 2020 | Mike Waller

Last updated on April 3rd, 2020 at 04:05 pm

Drought in Zimbabwe is tipping farmers who are already desperately poor into a hunger crisis, so Tearfund has made them the subject of their Lent appeal.

Sixty-year-old father of seven Mtshale … Read More

EAST AFRICA FAMINE: ‘People are eating termites’

March 30, 2017 | admin

Last updated on March 31st, 2017 at 10:51 am

People weak with hunger cannot dispose of their dead livestock, which adds the threat of disease to that of famine

The famine in East Africa has rightly received a high profile in the media and international charities are appealing for donations.

Sixteen million people are on the brink of starvation after the worst drought for many decades, according to Barnabas Fund, which is trying to increase its food aid to reach 200,000 Christians. Read More