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Album: SOS Children - response to food costs

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Date: 06/19/08 - Size: 7 items

Pictures to show how SOS Children is responding to the rising cost of food through our unique villages.

Child in Haiti

Children in Haiti have been affected by spiralling cost of staple foods. SOS Children supports families and children through the rising cost of food.

06/19/08

Kosovo children affected by food crisis

The price of staple food bread has doubled here since November 2007 leaving Kosovans reliant on costly imports. Most products are out of reach even for those on benefits. SOS Children aims to support families through SOS Family Strengthening Program

07/01/08

Girl and boy at lunch in Mexico

Looking for ways around the huge price increases in food since December 2007, children in Mexico are used to different foods and less of them.

07/01/08

Queueing for hours to receive food packages in Egypt

Bread queues have become routine in Egpyt, and food packages from SOS Family Strengthening Programmes. Read more about what action SOS Children is taking: http://www.soschildr ensvillages.org.uk/c harity-news/food-cri sis-report-egypt.htm

07/01/08

Living on less than a dollar a day

Critical supplies of rice mean that substitutes are introduced to family meals in the Philippines. Subsidized rice and vegetable gardens at the SOS Children's Villages enable food to go further and also make savings, which can be used for essenti

07/01/08

Rising food costs in Zambia affecting children

People are eating less, having fewer meals and buying cheaper produce. The cost of maize meal, a staple food, has increased significantly. Fo od aid will be needed by 50,000 to see them through the next harvest season. Read more at: http://www.sosch

07/01/08

Children and families in Kenya feel the rise in food costs

Weekly budgets for SOS mothers mean a reduction in the food available and having to be resourceful: buy less items, use substitutes, go without some items. Treats are less likely for the children and in different areas of the country mothers support one