janey mitchell reports.rain here means no livestock as sheep and goats starve, and these herder families taking refuge in makeshift shelters at a camp for internally displaced people in the arid south—east of the country are dependent on handouts. translation: the drought has badly affected our livelihood and the environment. our livestock on which our lives depend have died because there is no pasture they can feed on. what makes this drought the worst is that this is the fourth consecutive year this has happened. this is not a new problem. ethiopia came to the world's attention in the 1980s with a devastating famine. the authorities are better at coping than they were then but save the children says though the government is doing its best, it is now overwhelmed. i really think we have a responsibility as an international community to step in. some of the other emergencies around the world deservedly getting attention like somalia, south sudan, yemen. but what we have here in ethiopia is a very large number

janey mitchell reports. no rain here means no livestock. the sheep and goats starve.ft camps in the arid south—east of the country are dependent on handouts. translation: the drought has badly affected our livelihood and environment. our livestock have died because there is no pasture they can feed on. what makes this drought the worst is that this is the fourth consecutive year this has happened. this is not a new problem. ethiopian came to the world's attention in the 19805 came to the world's attention in the 1980s with a devastating famine. the authorities are better at coping than they were then at save the children says though the government is doing its best, it is now overwhelms. i really think we have responsibility as international community is to step in. some of the other emergencies are round the world deservedly getting attention makes an —— somalia, south sedan, yemen. but what we had in ethiopia, 8 million people, more than 8 billion people, who are affected with very little resources because we don't have the attention. —— 8 million. ethiopian has had