His name means “wealthy” in the Tigriyna language but he weighs just half what he should. This is the daily reality of hunger and malnutrition after two years of civil war in the northern Ethiopia region of Tigray. In August, the UN estimated that nearly one in three children under the age of five in Tigray were malnourished. “Even when we were here last year with the same problem, I couldn’t get anything and I went home empty-handed.”The families of Haftom and Makda have been seeking treatment in Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region. “The amount of medicine that we received was enough for half of our patients and only lasted for a single day,” he sighs.

Source: Ethiopian News December 20, 2022 03:43 UTC