INDIA: Local government ignores starving mother and her three hungry daughters in Uttar-Pradesh

INDIA: Local government ignores starving mother and her three hungry daughters in Uttar-Pradesh

Rajkumari is a 30 year-old mother of three daughters, Usha, Rita and Sangeeta. She is a dalit (scheduled caste/’untouchable’) woman with no land and lives with a physical disability. Her husband, Lal Chand recently developed a psychiatric disorder and abandoned his home. Currently, no one knows where he is and his family has lost their only source of income. Read more about INDIA: Local government ignores starving mother and her three hungry daughters in Uttar-Pradesh

PHILIPPINES: Government inaction in spite of starvation due to severe drought in Mindanao

PHILIPPINES: Government inaction in spite of starvation due to severe drought in Mindanao

At least three families of indigenous people belonging to Dulangan Manobo tribe in Kulaman Valley, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, are presently experiencing severe starvation and hunger. They are among the 3,408 people whose crops have been destroyed by rat infestation and severe drought, which began in September 2004. Read more about PHILIPPINES: Government inaction in spite of starvation due to severe drought in Mindanao