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SAVE OUR PLANET… Drought's increasing toll around the planet. In the African countries
of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, more than 8 million people are short of food
as the region faces the worst drought in living memory. In southern Somalia, one in four children
are acutely malnourished, while in Kenya, more than 2.4 million people are in critical
need of humanitarian aid. The USA has also been touched by drought, with Texas enduring
her worst dry spell since record-keeping began 116 years ago, and farmers in the state of
Georgia watching their corn and cotton crops fail as fields turn into dustbowls and rivers
dwindle. Half of Mexico is also enduring high temperatures and drought conditions, impacting
agriculture and sparking wildfires. Europe too is enduring a historic drought throughout
much of the north, even in areas that had previously enjoyed abundant rain. Recent rains
were welcomed in England but have come too late for wheat as the average yield is expected
to be the lowest in decades.
We are deeply saddened to know of the suffering faced by so many people. Our sincere prayers
that such climate calamities soon cease and harmonious weather patterns are restored as
we adopt lifestyles that allow Mother Earth to revive�