Food crisis calls for long-term response

As relief organizations minister to thousands suffering from drought
and famine in the Horn of Africa, some religious leaders say they are
exploring short- and long-term strategies for ending the reliance on
food aid.

The worst drought in 60 years is affecting more than 12
million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. Its epicenter
is Somalia, where tens of thousands are fleeing to refugee camps in
Kenya and Ethiopia.

"We would not only want to work on the
immediate needs, but we are thinking, because this is becoming a chronic
problem, we have got to see the root causes and fight [them],"
Archbishop Ian Ernest, chairman of the Council of Anglican Provinces of
Africa, told news reporters August 10 in Nairobi after a meeting of
Anglican archbishops.