It is a very strange world we live in. I signed off last time saying hurrah rain has arrived in Gulu. I start this one with the news, from a text message I received today, that more than 25 people have been killed by lightning in the Amuru district where our farmers are. These are mainly children and Demon says that many many more have been injured. So whilst there are millions of people potentially starving to death because of drought in the region, we have people being killed in huge rain storms.
Seeds for Development is too small to launch our own emergency appeal, but we are very willing to help however we can. Because of our close friendship and collaboration with Send a Cow Uganda we are very keen to support their emergency appeal: https://www.sendacow.org.uk/drought-appeal . Send a Cow's projects in Ethiopia are located near the very worst affected areas. Food prices have rocketed and harvests are in danger. Families are going hungry - and fear that worse is to come. If you haven't seen or heard about this, Al Jazeera have very comprehensive coverage: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/07/2011710112312872979.html as does the BBC (where you can also support the DEC appeal): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14106859
We shall continue with our projects in the hope that the weather stabilises and the harvest is a good one. If the situation changes, then we will change with it and re-think how we can best support our farmers. Whilst we are only working with a small number of farmers, at least they will not starve to death, but does anyone know anything about lightning conductors?
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