Malawi appeal gets 'not a penny'

[Eugene]

Last Updated: Friday, 9 September 2005, 09:27 GMT 10:27 UK

Malawi appeal gets 'not a penny'

The United Nation's $88m food appeal for Malawi has received not a
single penny, the organisation has said.

Jan Egeland, the UN relief coordinator, called on donors particularly
those in the Gulf states benefiting from high oil prices to help out.

The UN launched an appeal last month for the more than 4m Malawians who
are facing hunger after the worst harvest in a decade.

The majority of Malawians live on less than a dollar a day.

On Wednesday, British aid agency Oxfam said that up to 10m people in
southern Africa could face severe food shortages later this year unless
wealthy nations take immediate action.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4228854.stm

[TheFarseer]

1. why don't we send them a few tons of our $1.60 corn

or our other worthless commodities? It might be a constructive solution to both our problems.