Clutching an intricate bronze cross he used to dig graves during Ethiopia's 1984-1985 famine, priest Alemayu Gede prays drought and high food prices will not make him use it as a shovel again. At the height of the famine that caused more than 1 million deaths and spawned the Band Aid project bringing dozens of top musicians together to raise money, Alemayu helped dig 200 graves a day with the symbol of his faith which he carries everywhere.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/high-food-prices-drought-threaten-ethiopia-again-0
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/famine
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethiopia
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-food-programme-wfp
