Parents are going without food so that they can feed their children, who are having to find work instead of going to school. More than half a million under-fives are affected by stunting, which is impaired growth and development as a result of chronic malnutrition. He said malnutrition is so common that parents no longer even notice the signs in their children. Of the five million people across northern Syria in need of cross-border assistance, two million are children and half of them have been displaced, in some cases more than 10 times, Khush said. “They would not have the resources and supplies to carry on, within quite a short period of time, they said.

Source: Ethiopian News February 25, 2021 20:05 UTC