Samira, 14, and her friends on their way to school in Zambia’s Central Province
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Photographer
Robert McKechnie (Plan staff)
Photo Credit
Plan International
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Country
Zambia
Orientation
Landscape
Programmes
Disasters, Education, Food Security
Subject
Climate Change
Filename
202002-ZMB-11.jpg
Rating
5
Date
06 February 20
Copyright
Plan International
Library Number
LN20015
Caption
Southern Africa is in the grip of a food crisis. 15.3 million people are facing food shortages, after years of drought, widespread flooding and economic insecurity. The region has been designated a climate ‘hotspot’ by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and has experienced just one normal growing season in the last five years.
Samira lives in Zambia’s Central Province. Aged 14 and in Grade 9, she wants to be a nurse. But these days, Samira struggles to stay awake in class. Since the food crisis began, Samira’s daily food intake has halved. Now she survives on just one meal per day. She last ate at 5pm yesterday and won’t eat again until 5pm this afternoon.