More people die of starvation in Africa from coronavirus than from COVID-19

COVID-19 has yet another consequence in developing countries - a crisis in food supply and consequent hunger.

Charles Ed II Aguilar - Director of our ADRA partner office in Uganda told me in a telephone conversation: „The early closure of the border and strict quarantine measures were able to prevent the rapid spread of COVID-19. However, the stoppage of trade has caused a catastrophic shortage of basic foodstuffs. Hunger is bad, people have started stealing, they are aggressive and the police have their hands full. It is relatively safe in the Kyaka II area where ADRA operates because the refugee areas are under army surveillance...“

According to the UN, the number of people whose lives are at risk due to lack of food could increase from 130 million to 300 million as a result of the coronary crisis.

The start of the ADRA Slovakia project, which aims to help ensure food self-sufficiency of the local population and immigrants (refugees) in Uganda and Rwanda, comes at the twelfth hour. It seems that we will really have our hands full. For we plan not to feed people, but to teach them how to grow basic food for their family's sustenance in their own gardens. A modest roof over our heads - where we can grow pumpkins, one goat and a patch of garden for vegetables, corn or beans. Paradoxically, the poorest in remote villages have a better chance to survive than those who have moved to the big cities with the vision of getting rich quick... Thank you for being with us in this challenging task.