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As we have heard from news reports, some ten million people in East Africa are facing severe hunger as some areas experience the worst drought in 60 years destroying crops and livestock.

Robert Schofield, Tearfund’s Disaster Management Director, says, ‘Tearfund has local partners responding in the region. For more than 20 years, we have helped local churches to build the resilience of their communities to become food secure. We need to act now to help families who are in desperate need today.  One of Tearfund’s partners is involved in emergency relief efforts in Kenya, and - with your support - we plan to do the same in Somalia and Ethiopia, as well as helping communities in the long term’.

As an initial response, £5,000 is being sent from the Free Church Disaster & Relief Fund to Tearfund to assist with relief efforts.

We are grateful to congregations who send contributions to this fund on a regular basis, in order that we have the means to respond to disasters when they occur.

Further news and information about the response to the crisis in East Africa can be found at http://www.tearfund.org.