Famine in East Africa

East Africa was hit by the worst famine in more than 60 years, affecting about 3.7 Million people in Somalia alone. Due to the instable political situation in the country, the distribution of relief goods was immensely hampered. As a result thousands of people were fleeing from famine and violence to neighbouring countries, such as the Dolo Ado region of Ethiopia, which sheltered already about 120,000 people in developing refugee camps. To support the aid work of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) the ZKI produced maps of the Dolo Ado region showing the refugee camps along the Genale river between Dolo Ado and Bokol Mayo in Ethiopia. ZKI provided maps of the Dolo Ado region in the framework of GMES Emergency Response project SAFER with funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme.