“These ongoing crises have worsened poverty and further eroded people’s livelihoods. Older people can no longer afford enough food and basic necessities and are on the brink of survival,” HelpAge International Said. According to the survey, older people are not eating adequate quantities of food. Older people’s livelihoods are also severely impacted as they have very little savings to draw upon, and limited access to social protection. Among the major factors driving Ethiopia’s food, fuel, finance crisis include the prolonged drought and economic insecurity, the impacts of COVID-19, the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia aswell as the Russia-Ukraine war, the survey said.

Source: Ethiopian News January 21, 2023 08:58 UTC