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Caritas appeal for Ethiopia
August 29, 2011
Caritas Internationalis, the confederation of Catholic relief and development agencies, has launched a $2.1-million appeal on behalf of drought-stricken Ethiopia.
“Four and a half million people in the country are in need of immediate food aid,” according to a Caritas statement. “Crops have failed, livestock have died, and water sources both for drinking and irrigation have dried up.”
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