Millions of hunger-afflicted in Niger and Chad. Prolonged drought since harvest time last year has parched crops, leaving millions of people facing food shortages across Africa’s Sahel region. On Friday, May 28, the United Nations World Food Program warned that 10 million people will be facing hunger over the next three months, primarily in Niger and Chad, with numbers that could worsen if rains don’t arrive in time for the September harvest.
While some 8 million are affected in Niger, representing almost half the nation’s population, the 2 million experiencing food shortages in Chad could be considered worse afflicted because the region has received so little international attention. In both countries, children are some of the most affected.
A recent UN report on Chad stated, “As always, children will be the first ones to suffer and, if nothing is done,
they will be the first to die.” Some are migrating to places like the Nigerian city of Katsina where they often beg for food while seeking work to support their families.
Meanwhile, aid agencies like Oxfam are distributing cereals and grains, with Niger’s government also sending out 21,000 tons of food in an attempt to provide adequate sustenance until the next supplies or rains arrive.
Many thanks, United Nations World Food Program and other agencies as well as all the government and non-governmental efforts for your constant support and donations to comfort those most in need.
We pray for the blessing of abundant gentle rain and that the lives of African brethren stricken by these harrowing events of drought and hunger may soon be eased through humanity’s benevolent actions toward all beings on Earth.
Speaking during a May 2009 videoconference in Togo, Supreme Master Ching Hai addressed the treacherous tolls of global warming in Africa while reminding of the actions needed to reverse such changes and stabilize the planet.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Sadly, global warming is affecting African countries in all the severest and some of the most visible ways. Rivers and lakes are drying up in Africa.
There are water crises from Sierra Leone to South Africa. Zimbabwe, Somalia, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Sudan – just to name a few – are experiencing worsened droughts that make it difficult to plant crops, thus adding to food shortages and prices rising.
There are more frequent droughts, heat waves, floods, storms, frosts, freezes, and locusts than before. These impacts of climate change increase food insecurity and the food crisis in Africa.
The United Nations is afraid that hundreds of millions of people in Africa are at risk. So let us try our best to help remind and encourage our leaders to do something.
If the world becomes vegan as a group, we can remedy the disasters that affect us globally.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j0F5OTwrlQHsmFAEophT2TCrzEMAD9FVQDVG0http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE64O20H._CH_.2420http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/05/201052411573468704.htmlHollywood celebrities promote green lifestyle. At the annual Green New Media & Life Expo, introducing a wide range of environmental and health-conscious businesses, many classic American film and television stars made appearances and cordially engaged with members of the public. Supreme Master Television was on location to find out how the stars have been adopting the green trend in their own lives.
Supreme Master TV : We’re at the Green New Life Expo. What's your favorite way to be green?
Eric Roberts – Oscar-nominated actor, brother of Julia Roberts (Heroes), Vegan (M): We recycle everything.
Johnny Whitaker – Actor (Family Affair) (M): I work at Tarzana Treatment Centers in Tarzana, and we started a whole new campaign on just simply putting our recyclables in the recycle bin instead of in the trash, and we've saved a whole lot just right there.
Leslie Easterbrook – Actress (Police Academy) (F): I drive a Prius and I just love it madly. It's the best car I've ever had, it's not only green. And also we have solar panels we put in on the hill behind us.
Lee Meriwether – Actress (Barnaby Jones, Batman (1966)) (F): Saving energy, preserving our precious gifts that we have.
VOICE: Apart from being green in their daily lives, some of the stars recognized the importance of a plant-based diet in an eco-friendly lifestyle.
Trina Parks – Actress (Diamonds Are Forever), Vegan (F): Well, I have definitely been that way for a long time; I’m vegan. And also what goes into your body comes out. And that's why I feel, so being green and being natural is always the best way.
Stephen Tobolowsky – Actor (Groundhog’s Day, Heroes) (M): I raise my own vegetables. We raise all of our herbs, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, lettuce. We eat everything from our garden.
Virgil Gibson – Former lead singer of The Platters, Meat-free advocate (M): I’m definitely for the vegan approach to life. You find out that most of your disease is in your meats.
Of course I don’t even drink the milk no more either. I like coconut milk and almond milk.
VOICE: Hats off, all the stars whose talents have enriched our world and are now helping to protect it and our health through your shining examples. May everyone choose the life-sustaining way of being veg and going green to save our planet!
Sandra Giles (F): Well, you are watching Supreme Master Television and so are we, and we are very excited and thrilled to always be a part of Supreme Master Television, we send our love.
Johnny Whitaker (M): Hi, this is Johnny Whitaker, and you are watching the Supreme Master Television.
Trina Parks, Vegan (F): My name is Trina Parks and I was the first African American bond girl/villain, my character was Thumper. And I am a strict vegetarian, strict vegan, and I just love that you have Supreme Master Television, because I am definitely going to watch it, because I agree with that.
Lee Meriwether (F): Hi, I am Lee Meriwether and you are watching Supreme Master TV.
Virgil Gibson, Meat-free advocate (M): You’re watching Supreme Master Television. My name is Virgil Gibson. Be veg, go green, save the planet.
Extra NewsUS researchers develop a technique to be able to record temperatures from up to 95% of the Earth’s surface area by identifying 10 different land types and then using satellite sensors to collect and interpret surface temperature data.
http://sify.com/news/new-global-thermometer-to-monitor-climate-change-news-scitech-kf3pafejgef.html http://www.sciAs part of the city’s commitment to go green, the environment department of Kolkata, India announces that all grid- or diesel-powered backlighting for billboards must switch to sustainable solar energy.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Kolkata-/Ad-agencies-asked-to-use-solar-power/articleshow/5983582.cmsUS climate envoy Todd Stern expresses confidence in a partnership with the European Union and Japan to realize the US$30 billion pledged by industrialized nations in helping less fortunate countries combat climate change.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gAITNYzBrjFd-hSQkXsCRDxm1sjg http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gKn9Xif9MQeiIOxZ_yGb02pHTPTg The 181-member nation Global Environment Facility partners with the UN Environment Program (UNEP) for a green 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa through projects such as a retrofitting of solar panels to power stadium lights.
http://www.thegef.org/gef/node/3100 http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=624&ArticleID=6577&l=en
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