Mercy Airlift

Ethiopia is experiencing a continued drought that threatens millions of lives. The Ethiopian government has again requested that Mercy Airlift assist in providing food supplies to Ethiopia, where an estimated 6 million people are at risk of starving.

A multi-year drought has forced these people to consume their own grain and then because the soil is too dry to grow anything, to sell their cattle, farm tools and plows to buy food. When there is no other ability to feed themselves the families walk for days and weeks to Feeding Stations where they can receive food and sustenance. Because of the remote locations of the starving people and the Feeding Stations established to feed them and because of the condition of the roads to these sites, it is not possible to transport food supplies to these Feeding Stations by surface transportation. Mercy Airlift is continuing its efforts to alleviate this problem.