UNICEF: Climate Change Leaves ‘Dire Situation’ for 45 Million African Children
Voice of America
A villager shows maize crops wilting in a field, in Mumijo, Buhera district, east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, March 16, 2024. Christiane Rudert, nutrition adviser for UNICEF in eastern and southern Africa (Courtesy: UNICEF) Wongani Grace Taulo, regional education adviser UNICEF eastern and southern Africa. (Courtesy: UNICEF) UNICEF says it is attempting to help students and their families in the region learn ways of coping with climate change through the schools, in Harare, January 2024.
The United Nations children’s fund says there is a “dire situation” in several eastern and southern African countries, where at least 45 million children are dealing with severe food insecurity made worse by climate change.
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