More - Peter Smerdon Quotes

As you can see from Niger, you have a long period with nothing, then the camera crews arrive and it becomes a political issue. Then aid arrives.

Peter Smerdon

 

We don't want Kenya to turn into another Niger, where, in 2005, donations didn't start coming in until some of the victims were already dead.

Peter Smerdon

 

Unfortunately our previous warnings and appeals have received a very limited response from donors. We don't want Kenya to become another Niger, where ... donations only increased when people started dying after months of appeals for contributions to prevent deaths.

Peter Smerdon

 

Hot spots come and go due to crisis and drought, but the vast majority of people (Africans) are just too poor to feed themselves when there's a slight disruption of their environment.

Peter Smerdon

 Crisis

There are all sorts of things you could do to make sure less rain does not mean more dead.

Peter Smerdon

 

We are already on the edge because food is running out and we are supposed to be feeding people until February of next year. If we get a break in the food pipeline then malnutrition will go up very seriously.

Peter Smerdon

 

If this is true, we condemn it and we urge that the looting of food aid cease immediately.

Peter Smerdon

 Food

Time is running out fast.

Peter Smerdon

 

We're going to have to double or triple our efforts.

Peter Smerdon

 

We don't want to see people die in Kenya but unfortunately our previous warnings and appeals have received a very limited response from donors.

Peter Smerdon

 People