Combating the hunger crisis in Chad
Channel: Oxfam Australia
Date: 2021-07-20

Hunger facts 2021

—155 million people were hungry this year. 20 million more people than last year.
—Conflict is the biggest driver of hunger despite the pandemic. Military spending rose by over 50 billion globally.
—Inequality has been deepened by COVID-19. The top 10 richest people’s wealth has increased by 413 billion last year. Nine out of those ten people are men.

Here we hear from Ibrahim, our Media Officer at Oxfam in Chad, and Achta, who used to live with her 5 children and her husband on a lake island with plenty of fish and fresh water available. She had to flee following attacks by armed groups, and now she lives in an internally displaced persons (IDP) site, with only corn meal balls to survive on. With Oxfam support, she has picked up trading as a means to earn some income.

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