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Monday, June 15, 2020

Fighting severe malnutrition in southern Angola

After enduring years of Angola’s worst drought in 38 years, and the associated failed harvests, malnutrition rates have soared in southern Angola and parents are running out of options when it comes to feeding their children.

Tchamune is severely malnourished

Fighting severe malnutrition in southern Angola

After enduring years of Angola’s worst drought in 38 years, and the associated failed harvests, malnutrition rates have soared in southern Angola and...

Pedro and Teresa

Pedro and Teresa take their first steps on the road to recovery

Climate change in southern Angola has led to a swing from one extreme to the other.

Paulino with his mum

Therapeutic food: a lifeline for severely malnourished Paulino

Ready-to-use therapeutic food MANA, donated by Food for Famine through World Vision Canada, has been used to treat more than 14,000 severely malnourished...

Baby Beto and mum

Baby Beto bounces back from severe malnutrition

World Vision has trained 542 Community Health Workers in Huila and Cunene Provinces to identify and refer severely malnourished children for treatment.

Mother who lost her son to malnutrition in Angola

Mother devastated after loosing her child to hunger in Angola

By Antonio Matimbe, World Vision Communications Officer, Angola Angola is currently facing the most severe drought in 38 years. Failed rains have led...

Child forced to spend months in the bush with cattle following drought in Angola

Drought dries up dreams in Angola as families struggle to survive

Ndjiole, 16, should be at school. Instead, he was forced to drop out and leave home looking from green pasture and water for the cattle, the only means his...

Children affected by drought in Southern Africa voice their concerns about the effects of climate change

Children explain how changing weather patterns are affecting them in Zimbabwe and Southern Angola. The effects of prolonged drought are affecting...

The devastating effects of climate change in Angola

Angola is currently facing the worst drought emergency in the last 38 years as a result of climate change. The effects of the drought include: shortages of...

Drought and Desperation are Separating Families in Angola

Estela Antonio travels from Angola to Namibia with her four-month-old daughter, Innocencia, to earn an income. Drought and hunger have left people in her...

When Finding Water is a Fulltime Job

Lazaro is a hard-working 23-year-old man who lives in Cunene Province, Southern Angola. It's one of the worst-affected areas by the drought in Southern...

Josephine and her grandchild Maggie eating Nshima-- the staple food in Zambia made from finely ground corn meal, called mealie meal.

From Desperation to Hope; Food Aid Brings Relief to a Hungry Household

By Tigana Chileshe, World Vision Communications Specialist, Zambia “I love playing with my friends, but when I am hungry it’s hard to play because I feel...

The Rate of Malnutrition Raising in Southern Africa

Malnutrition is rising across Southern Africa because of a severe drought. At Chiulo Hospital in Cunene Province in Angola, child deaths because of...

The Story of Beto

Beto is only six months old. Instead of enjoying a joyful infancy, he is fighting to grow and develop as his body deals with the effects of being...

Global acute Malnutrition rate

Beto, Fighting Malnutrition as an Infant in Angola

Beto is only six months old. Instead of enjoying a joyful infancy, he is fighting to grow and develop as his body deals with the effects of being...

The water drama

Drought forces families to leave their homes in search for food and water in Cunene province

A devastating drought, considered the worst in 38 years, is affecting 2.3 million of people in the South of Angola: Cunene, Huila, Namibe and Kuando...