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I couldn’t watch to the end...

Young kids trampled, gasping for air, mothers shrieking, and men with sticks beating people as they fight to keep their children fed for another day.

These are the heartbreaking scenes from a stampede for food in a Nairobi slum -- with the pandemic devastating jobs, and food prices soaring, the UN has just warned the world could be on the brink of a famine of ‘biblical proportions’, with a QUARTER OF A BILLION people staring starvation in the face!

Brave aid workers are working around the clock to fight this ‘hunger pandemic’, doing all they can to feed hungry, desperate children, and fight the virus. But they’re working on a shoestring, and they need our help!

There’s 60 million of us -- let’s go all out to urgently raise more than ever, and give every single penny of it away to aid workers feeding families, and saving lives from COVID-19. Chip in now to join this epic global effort so no one has to watch their children starve:

I'LL DONATE $2
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[link removed] Hunger, not disease, could emerge as the biggest killer in this crisis. All over the world, families are struggling to feed their kids – not just in the poorest countries, but places like South Africa, India and Brazil!

Our movement has raised millions over the years for trusted relief groups working with the world’s most vulnerable people, delivering food and medical assistance to those most in need. Since this crisis began, our team has had literally dozens of emails from them asking us if we can help.

If we raise enough, here’s what we can get done:

- Scale up a massive feeding programme to tens of thousands of families in India;
- Fund urgently needed protective medical equipment for heroic medics in Syria and Yemen;
- Distribute hygiene equipment to desperate families in refugee camps in Bangladesh to help them fight COVID-19, and;
- Set up isolation units in crowded refugee camps all over the world to contain the spread of the disease.
Each and every one of us can make a difference that saves lives -- and every life saved is priceless. Let’s all give what we can -- every single penny we raise will be given away to the amazing humanitarian groups we’ve worked with over the years, to keep people alive through this crisis. Chip in now to save lives:

I'LL DONATE $2
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Our movement has done so much to protect the vulnerable in this crisis. We’re already supporting a brave Maasai community to protect their land and their people, and we’ve helped win debt cancellation for poor countries, pushed for a global ceasefire, and stood up to protect the World Health Organisation when it came under attack. Now we need to raise funds to stave off a starvation crisis and protect our brave medical workers -- so let’s come together again.

In solidarity and hope,

Marigona, Bert, Mike, Martyna, Sofia, Meetali, Francesco and the rest of the Avaaz team.
<br>PS - This might be your first donation to our movement ever. But what a first donation! Did you know that Avaaz relies entirely on small donations from members like you? That's why we're fully independent, nimble and effective. Join the over 1 million people who've donated to make Avaaz a real force for good in the world.<br><br>
More information:Coronavirus pandemic 'will cause famine of biblical proportions' (The Guardian)
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The human cost of India's coronavirus lockdown: Deaths by hunger, starvation, suicide and more (Gulf News)
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‘People don’t realise what is coming’: How a coronavirus crisis would unfold in war-torn Syria, Yemen or Libya (The Independent)
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Courageous health workers on the frontline in a time of deadly COVID-19 (Relief Web)
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