THE current situation in East Africa caused by high food
prices, poor rains, conflict and chronic poverty has left
millions of people in need of emergency assistance.
Oxfam has an appeal for East Africa and I am asking your
readers to give their support. At a time when food prices
are making news headlines almost daily, what we are
seeing in East Africa is a part of the world that could be
on the brink of the first global food price famine.
Oxfam are working throughout East Africa but they need
the support of the public to maximise the emergency
assistance that is so desperately needed. Anyone who can
make a donation should go to http://www.oxfam.org.uk">www.oxfam.org.uk or call
0300 200 1300 or send a cheque to Oxfam East Africa
Appeal, 207 Bath Street, Glasgow.
Staff in Oxfam shops are also accepting donations for
Oxfam's work in East Africa.
Hannah Durrant and Roger James
Oxfam South West