Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Visualize: Somalia's children in numbers

"This famine will be remembered as a famine that has destroyed generations of children." - Supermodel Iman who is from Somalia
US officials estimate that 29,000 children under the age of five have died in the last 90 days from the drought in the Horn of Africa. These numbers will rise as over 640,000 children are actuely malnourished and are in desperate need of aid.

Want to understand these numbers better? Here is another perspective:

CBC News

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