MADAGASCAR: SOLIDARITY URGENTLY NEEDED AS THE CLIMATE CRISIS THREATENS THE LIVES OF PEOPLE

Thu 18 November 2021:

Issa Sanogo, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) Humanitarian Coordinator for Madagascar, said on Thursday that the international community must step up its support for people in Madagascar’s Grand Sud region who are suffering from severe hunger and other effects of climate change.

“The world cannot look away. People in Madagascar need our support now, and into the future. I call on the international community to show solidarity with the communities in the Grand Sud, who are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis,” Sanogo said.

Donors have already contributed over $110 million toward the $224 million goal.

More money is urgently needed to enable humanitarian groups to deliver food, water, health services, and life-saving nourishment to over 1.3 million people in the Grand Sud in the months ahead, according to the UN OCHA’s revised Flash Appeal.

While donors have already contributed over $110 million out of the $224.

5 million required under the revised Flash Appeal issued by the UN OCHA, more is immediately required to enable humanitarian organizations to provide food, water, health services, and life-saving nutrition to nearly 1.3 million people in the Grand Sud in the months ahead, the agency noted.

Southern Madagascar is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years, worsened by sandstorms and bugs. According to the OCHA, the Grand Sud got less than half of its average rainfall between October 2020 and January 2021, wreaking havoc on agricultural productivity and rendering more than 1.6 million people unable to grow their own food for at least three years.

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