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Irish Independent
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Roscommon museum to host summer school focusing on international response to Great Famine
The National Famine Museum in Strokestown Park, County Roscommon, will host this year's summer school, which will feature several distinguished keynote speakers. With a theme entitled 'Humanitarianism and Hunger', the programme will focus on how global communities - including those in North America, India, the Ottoman Empire, and beyond - reacted to the Great Famine, which claimed the lives of over one million people resulted in one million more emigrating. The conference will also draw parallels with modern-day challenges in humanitarian assistance, food insecurity, and climate-related displacement. Keynote speakers at the Summer School include Jean-Martin Bauer, with over two decades of experience in humanitarian food aid; Professor Christine Kinealy, Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University; Professor Mark G McGowan, a leading scholar on Irish migration to Canada; and Professor LeAnne Howe of the Choctaw Nation, reflecting on the enduring ties between the Choctaw people and the Irish famine legacy. Historian Dr Gillian O'Brien, a leading voice in Irish public history and a professor at Liverpool John Moores University, will also address the event. Michael Kennedy - who global headlines when he and the Irish lacrosse team voluntarily gave up their place in the 2022 World Games so that the Iroquois Nationals, who were originally excluded despite their ranking, could participate – will also address the summer school. In addition to academic discussions, the Famine Summer School will feature live performances, exhibitions, and creative presentations that reflect on the cultural legacy of famine and humanitarian solidarity. The summer school runs from May 29 to June 1, More information on the 2025 Famine Summer School, including registration details and the full program, is available on the official website:
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Extra 1 million people could be engulfed in Somalia hunger crisis, WFP says
GENEVA (Reuters) - One million more people in Somalia could face crisis levels of hunger in coming months due to a forecast drought during the next crop cycle, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday. The number could rise even further because of funding cuts, Jean-Martin Bauer, director of the WFP's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service said. In 2022, the Horn of Africa faced the driest conditions in more than four decades after consecutive rainy season failures, killing as many as 43,000 people, according to one study. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. "A recent report estimated that about 3.4 million people are currently facing acute food insecurity in Somalia. That's going to rise to about 4.4 million in the next few months," said Bauer, referring to phase three and above in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system. Phase three is defined as crisis levels of hunger while phase four is deemed an emergency and phase five counts as a catastrophe or famine. He said that below-average rains are forecast between April and June 2025, which could create drought conditions after two failed seasons. Hunger tends to hit children hardest and based on current projections, some 1.7 million children under the age of five are expected to face acute malnutrition through December 2025, WFP said in a statement. Of those, 466,000 face severe acute malnutrition, it added. Already, the WFP has had to cut back its assistance programmes and is helping some 820,000 people in the country versus 2.2 million people during a peak period in 2022, said Bauer. Any funding cuts from the United States as part of an unprecedented aid retrenchment under President Donald Trump have not been factored in, he added in response to journalists' questions. "So the situation could get worse for both of those reasons: the weather forecast, the funding cuts and in addition to everything that's going on in Somalia, which includes relatively high food prices and also conflict," he said.
Reuters
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Extra 1 million people could be engulfed in Somalia hunger crisis, WFP says
GENEVA, March 4 (Reuters) - One million more people in Somalia could face crisis levels of hunger in coming months due to a forecast drought during the next crop cycle, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday. The number could rise even further because of funding cuts, Jean-Martin Bauer, director of the WFP's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service said. In 2022, the Horn of Africa faced the driest conditions in more than four decades after consecutive rainy season failures, killing as many as 43,000 people, according to one study. "A recent report estimated that about 3.4 million people are currently facing acute food insecurity in Somalia. That's going to rise to about 4.4 million in the next few months," said Bauer, referring to phase three and above in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system. Phase three is defined as crisis levels of hunger while phase four is deemed an emergency and phase five counts as a catastrophe or famine. He said that below-average rains are forecast between April and June 2025, which could create drought conditions after two failed seasons. Hunger tends to hit children hardest and based on current projections, some 1.7 million children under the age of five are expected to face acute malnutrition through December 2025, WFP said in a statement. Of those, 466,000 face severe acute malnutrition, it added. Already, the WFP has had to cut back its assistance programmes and is helping some 820,000 people in the country versus 2.2 million people during a peak period in 2022, said Bauer. Any funding cuts from the United States as part of an unprecedented aid retrenchment under President Donald Trump have not been factored in, he added in response to journalists' questions. "So the situation could get worse for both of those reasons: the weather forecast, the funding cuts and in addition to everything that's going on in Somalia, which includes relatively high food prices and also conflict," he said.
