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The Good Side to the Piracy Story…
One good thing to the story of piracy off the coast of Somalia is that it brings attention to the problem of world hunger.
The WFP, the World Food Program, is the United Nations front line agency in the fight against hunger. Their objectives are to save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies, to reduce chronic hunger and undernutrition everywhere and to strengthen the capacity of countries to reduce hunger.
The WFP has also been a victim of the growing problem of piracy in the waters off the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. There have been two incidents just this last week, that involved food shipments carried by the WFP on their way to the Somali people by way of India and Kenya.
Since 2007 the WFP has had the help of Naval escorts provided by the European Union to guarantee the flow of food delivery to the people of Somalia who are suffering from drought, conflict, and the impact of high food prices. This help has so far ensured that the deliveries get to Somalia without the interference of pirates who where previously threatening to cut off the humanitarian assistance to their own country.
But the two latest incidents were shipments headed for different ports of call, Mumbai, India and Mombasa, Kenya, which raises the question of the security of these two ports. WFP and other aid agencies with cargo bound for hunger-stricken countries in east and central Africa are worried that the piracy may be spreading to these two ports which are instrumental in the world hunger fight, and are used to carry aid not just to Somalia, but also to Kenya, Southern Sudan, Uganda and the Republic of Congo. Millions of people would go hungry if the Somali pirates are allowed to flourish.
What to do about the pirates is the question that everyone has on their minds since the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama. Whether it be that these ships carry armed guards, or are equipped with barbed wire or some other way of protection against these pirates, the world has to band together and come up with a fail-safe way to carry these life saving shipments to these countries.
This is a good opportunity to look at what each of us are doing in the fight against world hunger. Any day is a good day to start. START HERE! go to the website of the World Food Program and find out how you can help.
