A photo from the REUTERS site this morning is a reminder of how lucky many of us are to live where we do and helps to put our lives back in perspective. This part of Africa seems to be kicked at every turn.
A boy drinks water from a pond in Bule Duba village in the outskirts of Moyale, near the edge of Oroma and Somali regions of Ethiopia, June 12, 2009. Prolonged drought, lack of water and limited pasture have led to conflict between the Somali and Borena ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia which left hundreds of people dead in February this year. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says it needs some 100 million Swiss francs to prevent conflict, famine and epidemics as well as restore the livelihoods of 2.5 million people in the Horn of Africa.
REUTERS/Irada Humbatova
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Links to charity sites working in this region: British Red Cross / Oxfam / Save the Children.
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