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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge: Supporting the East Africa Crisis
27th October 2011
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Copenhagen on 2nd November 2011, to see first-hand the work of the Emergency Distribution effort in support of the East Africa crisis.
Their Royal Highnesses are keen to highlight the crisis in East Africa, an area very dear to them both, where currently 13 million people are desperate for urgent action to be taken.
Experiencing one of the worst droughts in decades, hundreds of thousands of children in the region are in critical need of medical supplies and nutritional help.
Having been deeply moved by the desperate plight of so many seriously ill children, Their Royal Highnesses made the decision to visit Copenhagen where the supplies are being distributed to the famine zones.
A new global appeal by UNICEF, www.eastafricacrisis.org has been launched to support the work of the charity in the region.
UNICEF’s Supply Centre has a warehouse within it the size of three football pitches. It sources, packs and distributes essential supplies for children around the globe, including food, water, special nutritional supplies for the most malnourished children, vaccines and emergency medical kits.
The Duke and Duchess accompanied by The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark, will visit the centre which to date has delivered more than 10,000 metric tones of supplies to the region, treated 108,000 severely malnourished children in therapeutic feeding centres, vaccinated 1.2 million children against measles and provided 2.2 million people with access to safe water.
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