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    The 1983-1985 famine in Ethiopia was the worst in over a century, leading to over 400,000 deaths. It was caused by drought exacerbated by the Ethiopian government's policies of withholding food from rebel areas. International aid efforts were sparked when BBC reported on the "closest thing to hell on earth". Live Aid concerts raised over $150 million for famine relief. However, much of the aid money and food was diverted by the Ethiopian government and rebel groups rather than helping citizens, and millions were forcibly relocated. The aid for this famine is characterized as multi-lateral as it involved donations from people worldwide and international charities/organizations.

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    The 1983-1985 famine in Ethiopia was the worst in over a century, leading to over 400,000 deaths. It was caused by drought exacerbated by the Ethiopian government's policies of withholding food from rebel areas. International aid efforts were sparked when BBC reported on the "closest thing to hell on earth". Live Aid concerts raised over $150 million for famine relief. However, much of the aid money and food was diverted by the Ethiopian government and rebel groups rather than helping citizens, and millions were forcibly relocated. The aid for this famine is characterized as multi-lateral as it involved donations from people worldwide and international charities/organizations.

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    The 1983-1985 famine in Ethiopia was the worst in over a century, leading to over 400,000 deaths. It was caused by drought exacerbated by the Ethiopian government's policies of withholding food from rebel areas. International aid efforts were sparked when BBC reported on the "closest thing to hell on earth". Live Aid concerts raised over $150 million for famine relief. However, much of the aid money and food was diverted by the Ethiopian government and rebel groups rather than helping citizens, and millions were forcibly relocated. The aid for this famine is characterized as multi-lateral as it involved donations from people worldwide and international charities/organizations.

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    The 1983-1985 famine in Ethiopia was the worst in over a century, leading to over 400,000 deaths. It was caused by drought exacerbated by the Ethiopian government's policies of withholding food from rebel areas. International aid efforts were sparked when BBC reported on the "closest thing to hell on earth". Live Aid concerts raised over $150 million for famine relief. However, much of the aid money and food was diverted by the Ethiopian government and rebel groups rather than helping citizens, and millions were forcibly relocated. The aid for this famine is characterized as multi-lateral as it involved donations from people worldwide and international charities/organizations.

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    Aid in the Ethiopian Famine

    • Lara and Layla-Anais


    Introduction

    • Ethiopia has been through several


    famines throughout their history.
    However, the 1983-1985 famine
    was the worst in over a century,
    leading to over 400,000 deaths.
    Causes
    • This famine was caused by a drought and by the government’s
    counter-insurgency tactics.
    • The Ethiopian government was unwilling to help their citizens – they
    withheld food from rebel areas and forcibly re-settled many people to
    specially-planned villages.
    • However, there are also a number of causes as to why Ethiopia is a
    very poor country.
    • Bad infrastructure due to colonization, corrupt government, and
    geographical location.
    • Ethiopia had been colonized in the past by Italy so it never developed
    its own infrastructure, and the corrupt government
    International Aid
    • In 1984, a BBC new crew reported on this famine and described
    it as the “closest thing to hell on earth”.
    • This raised awareness about the issue and sparked aid efforts
    like the charity group Band Aid and the benefit concert Live Aid.
    • Charities like Save the Children also contributed to the aid
    effort, as well as governmental organizations like the UN.
    Live Aid
    • It was held in two venues and
    was attended by a combined
    172,000 people. 1.9 billion
    people watched the television
    broadcast.
    • An estimated 150 million
    pounds were raised as a
    result of the concerts.
    • Many high-profile artists
    performed at Live Aid, like
    David Bowie, Paul McCartney,
    and Queen.
    Did the aid help?
    • Rather than help the Ethiopian citizens,
    the Ethiopian government used the
    money to re-settle them – 600,000
    people were displaced from their
    homes.
    • Rebel groups sold the food donated by
    charity organizations to the people of
    northern Africa and used the money to
    buy weapons.
    • Approximately 90% of the aid was
    given to the government rather than
    directly to the Ethiopian citizens,
    despite the fact that the government
    didn’t have direct access to the
    majority of the population.
    Continued.
    What type of aid was it?
    • It would be considered multi-lateral aid, because this famine
    sparked wide international interest and people from all around
    the world donated money, as well as international charities and
    organizations.
    Bibliography
    • Sasson, T. 2015. ‘Ethiopia: Famine and the Paradoxes of Humanitarian Aid’.
    [ONLINE]. Available at: http://hhr-atlas.ieg-mainz.de/articles/sasson-Ethiopia
    (Accesssed 15 February 2019).
    • Tanwar, R. 2017. ‘Why is Ethiopia Poor?’. [ONLINE]. Available at:
    https://borgenproject.org/why-is-ethiopia-poor/ (Accesssed 15 February
    2019).
    • Kilmister, M. 2017. ‘Bilateral vs Multilateral Aid’. [ONLINE]. Available at:
    http://www.developmentinaction.org/bilateral-vs-multilateral-aid/ (Accesssed
    15 February 2019).
    • Lyons, J. 2014. ‘Foreign aid is hurting, not helping Sub-Saharan Africa’.
    [ONLINE]. Available at:
    https://www.lejournalinternational.fr/Foreign-aid-is-hurting-not-helping-Sub-
    Saharan-Africa_a2085.html
    (Accesssed 15 February 2019).

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