DIRECTORY OF RELATED LINKS

There are numerous Web sites representing organizations that deal with famine, such as medical groups, United nations-related support organizations, and organizations that provide information.

Action against Hunger

http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/

This organization works in over 40 countries around the world to relieve hunger. They are effective because they focus on programs that help to make people self-sufficient.

Children’s Hunger Fund

http://www.childrenshungerfund.org/

Children’s Hunger Fund has distributed over $400 million to children all over the world.

Global Partners for Development

http://gpfd.org/

This organization focuses on equality of women and children and building partnerships matching people and resources.

Doctors Without Borders: Médecins San Frontieres

http://www.dwb.org/

Doctors Without Borders works with famine victims.

FAMINE-RELATED RESOURCES

El Nino Update

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/

Complete information about El Niño, how it works. Plus, information about the weather phenomenon La Niña. Includes information about how they affect rain patters, and affect drought.

Are Famines so Difficult to Predict?

http://www.esig.ucar.edu/ijas/ijas.html

A summary of possibilities in early famine warning systems for nations such as Africa, where famine has been a persistent killer during the past 20 years.