Help Fight Famine

 I was gutted after attending a zoom meeting in preparation for a lobbying trip to Canberra. We were briefed on the famine throughout the Horn of Africa. 50 million people are on the brink of famine. This is unprecedented, due to intersecting crises;

The three Cs:

·         Climate change: Consecutive droughts have seen crops destroyed and lands become infertile. 

·         COVID-19: has disrupted supply chains. 

·         Conflict: The war in Ukraine has resulted in soaring prices for food and agricultural supplies. The Horn of Africa relies heavily on wheat exports from Russia and Ukraine, but exports have diminished.  

In August last year, I partook in the Micah Australia’s Women’s Leadership Delegation, joining forty other Christian women leaders lobbying the Government to #HelpFightFamine. When I got home I wanted to do more. I wanted to use my gift of poetry and performance to continue speaking out.

In the months following my trip to Canberra I crafted this poem Can These Dry Lands Live, in support of the #HelpFightFamine campaign

Add your voice to mine #HelpFightFamine