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ETHIOPIAN DROUGHTS

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpVdFV1exsY&feature=player_embedded

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Contents•Causes•Consequences•Actions responses and solutions•Effectiveness of these solutions •Challenges and Constraints•GRASPS•Product

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•A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water

•Occur when a region receives consistently below average precipitation

•When the 2 most intense and unpredictable rains (Belg and Meher) do not arrive.

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•Wildfires

•Reduced crop

production

•Malnutrition

•Thirst

•Wide spread

diseases (e.g.

Dengue)

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Foreign donors: Foreign donors: •Set up the Food Security Reserve to stock up massive amounts of Set up the Food Security Reserve to stock up massive amounts of food which can be quickly dispatched to areas in need when drought-food which can be quickly dispatched to areas in need when drought-induced famine occursinduced famine occurs

•Developed an early-warning system and a better road network to Developed an early-warning system and a better road network to facilitate transport of suppliesfacilitate transport of supplies

•Increase food and water supplies, sending health teams and Increase food and water supplies, sending health teams and improving overall sanitation and agricultural development.improving overall sanitation and agricultural development.

EthiopiansEthiopians•Parents resort to pulling their children out of school to supplement Parents resort to pulling their children out of school to supplement their income in times of drought by searching for food or worktheir income in times of drought by searching for food or work

•Move on with their flocks in search of better pasturesMove on with their flocks in search of better pastures

•Women invest in the younger generation, by getting the children to eat Women invest in the younger generation, by getting the children to eat first, results in the elderly’s malnutrition.first, results in the elderly’s malnutrition.

•Slaughter their animals for food. However, families may also lose Slaughter their animals for food. However, families may also lose entire herds to the drought.entire herds to the drought.

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•Long term solution are yet to be discovered•Production of Enset has significantly improved food security•What is enset?•Enset: Drought resistant,

high moisture carrying capacity and deep roots

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•Ethiopian government has declined help as it refuses to admit that Ethiopia needs aid.

•Most of the food contributions are genetically-modified and are unsuitable for the Ethiopian diet and thus face rejection

•Ethiopians rely mostly on Enset for food as only Enset crops survive after droughts that occur

•Includes internal and external problems

•The ever-lasting problem of funding and money

•GM food, has been rejected by many countries because of worries that they may not be safe

•Food and medicine rationing is also rather difficult because of rising prices of food due to crop shortage

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To create an awareness among classmates ; the plight of Ethiopia and what they can do to help

Taking the role of researchers finding out the underlying reasons of Ethiopia’s recurring droughts.

Classmates will be our audience.

Will focus more on the consequences, the effectiveness of the present methods used to cope and the potential solutions that can be used to solve the problem of drought.

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CreditsExecutive producer

Leong Kah Heng

DirectorLaura Tan

Script Writer 1Ynez Tan Yi Na

Script Writer 2Lee Shu Yu

Script writer 3Hanna Yasmin

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