In Ethiopia, the margins between starvation and survival narrow as food aid becomes scarce

In Ethiopia, the margins between starvation and survival narrow as food aid becomes scarce

In late 2023, PBS NewsHour special correspondent Willem Marx and videographer Edward Kiernan traveled across Ethiopia to understand the role that climate change and conflict were having on food supplies, witnessing first-hand the work that the World Food Program and its partners were conducting to confront such challenges. Even a relatively brief monthslong pause in U.S. funding for food aid had a devastating impact on millions of Ethiopians.