Save the Children USA President and CEO visits Ethiopia’s Emergency Feeding Programs

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (August 4, 2008) — While praising concerted efforts in Ethiopia to address severe malnutrition among growing numbers of children, Dr. Charles MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children USA, said donor nations including the United States may not be able to provide the same resources as they have in the past to help countries like Ethiopia deal with the global food crisis. MacCormack said increases in transportation costs could reduce the ability to ship food from the United States to the Horn of Africa. However, he added, "There will likely be more money available from donor nations for irrigation, research into new seed varieties and fertilizer. Donor nations need to assist Ethiopia so that it becomes less reliant on rain-fed agriculture to provide good harvests to feed its people." MacCormack... [read full story]