19 Quotes by Peter Smerdon

It is dramatic. We have only received 32 percent of what we need to feed 6.1 million people during the height of the hunger season.

Unfortunately our previous warnings and appeals have received a very limited response from donors. We don't want Kenya to become another Niger, where ... donations only increased when people started dying after months of appeals for contributions to prevent deaths.

The fact that contributions have been very poor is very worrying.

There are all sorts of things you could do to make sure less rain does not mean more dead.

We don't want Kenya to turn into another Niger, where, in 2005, donations didn't start coming in until some of the victims were already dead.

We don't want to see people die in Kenya but unfortunately our previous warnings and appeals have received a very limited response from donors.

We are very saddened by any new loss of life, particularly associated with the delivery of humanitarian aid.

As you can see from Niger, you have a long period with nothing, then the camera crews arrive and it becomes a political issue. Then aid arrives.

Hot spots come and go due to crisis and drought, but the vast majority of people (Africans) are just too poor to feed themselves when there's a slight disruption of their environment.