Order to meet urgent needs in this country, Unicef claims some 42 million euros. Kenya in Kenya (a country of 580,367 square kilometers and 41 million inhabitants), it is estimated that more than 2.4 million people from areas of grazing in the North and northeast of the country do not reach to meet their basic needs of food, that have been mitigated by the rising prices of food and the prolonged ctos of the drought of 2007-2009. That is why Unicef considers that the financial requirements for this region in 2011 are of some 11 million euros. According to the UN, the weather patterns that predict for 2011 could involve a new period of drought, worsening food situation in the short term for lack of milk in drier areas. Ethiopia (a country of 1 million kilometers in Ethiopia squares and 90 million inhabitants), the La Nina phenomenon caused the death of up to 220,000 cattle livestock, according to the information provided by Unicef in some regions of the South.
The figure that this organization claims to cover the basic needs revolves around about 39 million euros. At the beginning of the month of June, it was estimated that the number of people who needed help in Ethiopia was some 11.4 million. For 2011, the Ethiopian Government and non-governmental organizations and international agencies will try to respond to the needs of more than 6 million children who live in areas vulnerable to natural disasters and political tensions: regions of Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Oromiya, Somali, Southern Nations, nationalities and peoples and Tigray. Eritrea almost 10 million euros this year requests Unicef to respond to the needs of about 1.5 million people in this country. Eritrea, whose length spans 117,000 square kilometers and has a population of almost 6 million inhabitants, is a country very closed, according to said Pedro Gomez, expert of FAO, to. Precisely because government restrictions that also denounces Unicef, is still more difficult to reduce poverty and malnutrition in the area.
Djibouti in this small country of 23,000 square kilometers of extension and 760,000 inhabitants, the crisis situation repeats: drought, rising prices of food, high unemployment and increase in rural to urban migration. The water shortage in the capital, Djibouti, to get worse in the coming months while increasing water demand is also expected. In Djibouti, 120,000 people (15% of the population) are already experiencing an acute lack of food, health, nutrition and water and sanitation support. UNICEF calls for an amount of EUR 3 million in 2011 for this zone.