After 3 yrs it rained .. it was too late.THEY waited three years for rain in Ethiopia, but tragically when it came it was too much, too late. Some of these drenched drench tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es 1. To wet through and through; soak. 2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3. workers spent a year building a dam, hoping to trap the life-giving water to irrigate ir·ri·gate v. To wash out a cavity or wound with a fluid. crops. But the rain did not arrive in time. And when the heavens finally opened yesterday the deluge was wasted. Farmers' wives were drenched by the sudden downpour near the village of Sessa in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. Eight million people in the country face starvation. And for those weakened by hunger with no shelter the rain makes them cold and liable to disease. Sessa's villagers are helped by _ a work for food scheme run by the Relief Society of Tigray (REST), which is a partner of Christian Aid Christian Aid is an agency of the major Christian churches in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It works with local partner organisations in over 60 countries around the world to help the world's poorest communities. . Donations to the Mirror/Christian Aid Ethiopia Appeal can phoned to 0345 000 300 or posted to Freepost NWW NWW Nurse with Wound (band) NWW Nose Wheel Well NWW Nextel World Wide 1512A, Manchester, M2 9BA. |
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