Action Against Hunger is raising the alarm about rising hunger rates as a new Climate Hazards Center forecast predicts a sixth consecutive failed rainy season in the Horn of Africa. Below-normal rains between March and May could further stress limited food and water supplies as, across the Horn of Africa, an estimated 46 million people — more than the population of California — urgently need food assistance.
Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan have been impacted by devastated flooding. Action Against Hunger is teaching displaced families to plant and harvest rice to help them cope.