Providing emergency food, water, medical assistance and supplies

26th August, 2011

TEAR’s partner, World Concern is providing emergency food, water and medical assistance and supplies to over 12 million people in East Africa are still in the midst of what the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is calling “the world’s most serious food crisis”.

TEAR is continuing to respond to this ongoing crisis by supporting our partners on the ground. One of our partners, World Concern, is working on the Somali-Kenya border, providing emergency food, water, medical assistance and supplies, with the goal of reaching thousands of people in strained host communities on both sides of the border.

One of the key ways World Concern is helping immediately is by repairing and improving the performance of existing wells. It recently worked quickly to fix the only well in the town of Damajale in Kenya, one of the many communities on the Kenya-Somali border that has had an influx of displaced people. In the past month, an additional 2,000 to 3,000 people have arrived in Damajale, having walked for days—even weeks—in search of food and water. The overused pump of the well had failed due to overuse, but World Concern was able to secure a new pump and repair the system, bringing back the life-giving water supply.

“Their crops have failed, their animals have died, and they have left their homes in search of survival.”

– Dave Eller, World Concern

World Concern is carrying out work on other pumps like this one and also repairing and increasing the capacity of wells in the area to help secure crucial water supplies. It is also working in host villages like Damajale to get water and food to people there.

In addition to immediate aid, World Concern is also working to provide long-term solutions to the region, including drought resistant crops, rainwater catchment systems and new wells.

Please donate now and help us respond to this crisis.