+ ?& v2 _" C* q* D3 i公仔箱論壇This famine hasn't happened overnight, but it has been reduced to a footnote in the media's eyes by more sensational events. 1 C: r9 ~1 O* t" B; `2 w5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇) z$ P- O7 f, B/ Y" H# y( Z
The problem when a child is dying from starvation is that they can't wait. They can't put their hunger on pause until the glare of the media decides to turn its spotlight on them and help spread the word that children are dying.Instead, they will slowly starve to death. - ~( u! u" c G$ I" o4 w4 M6 E0 `2 h7 y( `0 x
This is exactly what is happening to nearly 2 million children in Somalia right now. Nearly half of these children are already on the critical list, inching further away from life as every hour slips by. By the time you read this, it may already be too late for some. & ~! \7 V+ R6 u5 r/ J% J( s5.39.217.765.39.217.76( F' z" f( u- r; w
In today's newspapers – from front to back – I was hoping to see the media use their power and influence to tell this story. I hoped to see headlines shouting that millions of women and children in Somalia, and across the entire Horn of Africa, are struggling for survival and need the British public to help.# t# Y4 q# ~+ e: B8 L2 M! l* N
3 {8 I6 p+ }: G* l1 |+ KBut I didn't. Instead, my eyes were blurred with articles of shaving foam and hacking scandals, as talk about the dire need for nutritional supplies for children who need their lives saved slipped into the footnotes. - V# s% _! X' @8 C C% I 7 h E, @8 V) y8 J1 v( K- RAnd now, the situation has reached crisis point. This morning the UN officially declared that famine exists in Somalia and that the lives of nearly half of the Somali population – 3.7 million people – are now in crisis. ' c( c8 ?- t! r# s/ z0 k0 ^8 ^ / I& r) c) H V y2 x+ G* R5.39.217.76At Unicef, which is the UN's children's agency, they don't use the word famine lightly. They are guided by strict criteria that means it can only be declared when at least three of eight prerequisites are reached. These are acute malnutrition rates among children must exceed 30%; more than two people per10,000 die daily; and food access falls far below 2,100 kilocalories of food every day. 6 e" g: [3 U* n, ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. _* `' ^/ [4 O9 j4 `. j' i
In those most severely affected regions of Somalia – Bakool and Lower Shabelle – acute malnutrition due to poor diets or inadequate food is now exceeding 50% and Unicef is recording at least six per 10,000 children dying daily. When one does the maths, this could translate into more than 12 children dying every hour should the situation worsen. Three other regions in the south will have a famine in next one to two months they warn.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 f6 @7 Z: G- Z
( q1 K* y( h9 I( J" DI've been to Ethiopia with Unicef last year into some of the same regions that are today the focus of the wider Horn of Africa appeal. The famine, the first is 20 years, is due to a number of factors such as poverty, inadequate rainfall and conflict.5.39.217.76" z( a) N. ]' z
6 q, r, _9 z6 \' b, UThis famine didn't happen suddenly. It has been slowly evolving but under reported.Unicef, along with the UN, has been warning since January of a pending crisis and statements have been issued. 2011 has been a year filled with natural disasters and social upheaval in north Africa that have all been competing for news attention. Since drought is a slow-onset disaster, it is often very difficult to get the type of attention and response that is needed to raise the funds to prevent this disaster. In addition, issues of access and conflict have made the situation even more complicated.3 `( |+ Y. g$ t: B# T3 x
% s6 @- R" _# F4 `6 |9 p& _ Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe media also have a major role in the response to disasters. As former BBC producer Suzanne Franks pointedly wrote in the British Journalism Review:"Disasters – natural or man-made – exist only when they are covered by the media. Plenty of terrible things happen that remain unreported. Most disasters are known about only by those directly affected. And the crises that do get media attention are not necessarily those that kill or harm the most victims." 2 _8 _7 m' w+ w8 h9 d5.39.217.76 ; K# C! }+ x1 A9 ^6 M5 t3 ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBeing a child in Somalia is already tough and dangerous. If you survive to one, you may not survive beyond five; if you live beyond five, you most probably won't go to school and you most probably won't have many choices but being recruited into an armed faction.' a0 }1 |" H/ J6 V3 u8 C
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Now with the famine, life is even worse. That is why Unicef – which has been working in Somalia since 1972 – rightly calls this a "children's famine". 7 P! |% S, [, P" Z公仔箱論壇, t( Q: t; L! D/ Q, E: Z 作者: aa00 時間: 2011-7-21 02:12 PM
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0 S3 O5 `) U, T 天灾人祸让非洲之角陷入饥荒 5.39.217.76( l$ d: j- b- O 5.39.217.768 D$ p% U/ d9 ]6 ]$ E2 p5 ]
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! {9 X7 @3 l7 @/ W. ]公仔箱論壇联合国宣布,将出现在索马里部分地区由干旱造成的严重局面归属为饥荒。联合国对饥荒的定义是，有超过30%的儿童营养不良，并且每天在万人中有两人死于粮食短缺。而造成这种情况的，不仅有天灾，还有人祸。 0 ?1 h! P; | u" w, otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5 \1 D+ @% \# y9 ]4 D5.39.217.76TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 F- ?+ t/ A' i! z
据联合国驻索马里人道救援组织本周三（7月20日）公布的消息，现在南索马里部分地区的饥荒死亡率已经达到了每10000人中有6人死亡。那里的人们无法找到食物，饥荒总共影响到了索马里370万人口。成千上万的人已经死亡，其中大部分是儿童。5.39.217.76) y! c! i1 S& i l' j0 s3 T! X
联合国索马里人道援助事务协调员鲍登（Mark Bowden）强调称："在索马里部分地区，5岁以下的儿童中的营养不良率已经达到了50%这一非常高的水平。这个受影响地区的人口已经占据了全球急性营养不良总人数的30%。这意味着，平均每三个孩子中，就有一个受到了粮食严重短缺的威胁。我们预计几乎有一半的索马里人口，也就是说370万人正受到这场危机的影响。"tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# _8 |6 r* E" q$ @7 P, L# X
据联合国粮农组织本周三（7月20日）在罗马发布的消息，受饥荒影响的地区范围在接下来的两个月中还会继续扩大，除了索马里以外，肯尼亚、埃塞俄比亚和吉布提的1200万人口需要紧急援助。 4 J. m4 l( p D7 ?公仔箱論壇欧盟议会主席布泽克（Jerzy Buzek）本周三从布鲁塞尔发出呼吁，要求欧洲就此次饥荒发出统一的回应。现在时间急迫，无法落实救援就意味着更多的人将面临死亡。他同时也发出号召，从长远的角度探寻该地去贫穷落后的原因。其中有战争和冲突的因素，使得人们在自然灾害面前无所适从。 - j8 W0 O+ G7 M, ^' I& c; q8 m8 z5 I3 } f0 `
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Bildunterschrift: 天灾人祸让许多儿童在没有认清世界之前就离开了它
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