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June 25, 2021

Climate Crisis Pushes 1 Million People in Madagascar to "Edge of Starvation"
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In Madagascar, the U.N.'s World Food Programme warns the climate crisis
has pushed over 1 million people "to the very edge of starvation" as the
country has seen a series of severe droughts. David Beasley, head of the
World Food Programme, noted Madagascar has not contributed to the global
climate disaster yet is suffering some of its most devastating effects.
This is Tamaria, describing how her family has been surviving the
drought.

Tamaria: "In the morning, I prepare this plate of insects. I clean them
up as best as I can, given the near-total absence of water. It's been
eight months that my children and I have been eating this plant every
day, and exclusively, because we have nothing else to eat and no rain to
allow us to harvest what we have sown."



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