to the editor: Famine conditions have been discovered in two more areas of war-torn Sudan, but the world is largely unaware of the crisis (“Famine increasingly threatens Sudan's war-torn Darfur region as an attack in the south kills 22,” February 5). Some major media outlets did not even mention the horrendous new findings that save the children calls “a deadly expansion of a hunger crisis in the conflict-torn country that threatens millions.”
HistoricallyThe United States has led the response when famine grips abroad. But in Sudan, donations have not kept pace with rising hunger, the UN World Food Program says. is running out of supplies.
Certainly, the United States and its allies could do more to feed the hungry in Sudan with donations. Efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the civil war must also be intensified.
Everyone can make a difference by donating to charities such as WFP, Save the Children, UNICEF, Action Against Hunger, Catholic Relief Services, CARE, Mercy Corps and others fighting hunger in Sudan. You can also contact your elected officials to obtain much-needed funds for the US Food for Peace program, which President Eisenhower started to fight world hunger.
Children are dying of hunger in Sudan, but if we act, we can still save lives.
William Lambers, Cincinnati, Ohio
This writer is an author who partnered with the United Nations World Food Program on the book “Ending World Hunger.”
