{"id":1130,"date":"2011-11-16T10:51:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T16:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2011-11-16T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T16:51:37","slug":"horn-of-africa-act-update-on-rain-and-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/horn-of-africa-act-update-on-rain-and-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Horn of Africa: ACT Update on Rain and Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together), of which the ELCA is a member, in a recent update shares how the drought is continuing to affect people within the Horn of Africa. With 13 million people still feeling the affects of the drought, water, food and disease still rank as the top areas of need. 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