Thread by @BeqaYiakl

Today’s #Yiakl #SundaySpotlight is dedicated to Eritrean activists and campaigners who have actively been addressing the very urgent issue of famine happening in #Eritrea.

#EritreanHiddenFamine!
#SaveDankalia!

This is an acknowledgment to the organizers of #EritreanHiddenFamine and #SaveDenkalia of their quick action in raising awareness to the famine brought by the Eritrean government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the government of Eritrea announced a lock down of many parts of the country due to COVID-19, reports of people starving and pleading families in the diaspora for help started surfacing. #EritreanHiddenFamine #SaveDankalia

Stories like one Eritrean mother calling her relative in diaspora who she never once asked for help desperately pleading for aid because of the conditions in Eritrea moved the EHF organizers in diaspora to raise awareness of the Hidden Famine in #Eritrea.

EHF organizers are mainly made of young Eritrean activists in diaspora. In order to shed light on the issue they quickly decided to hold a demonstration to raise awareness of the famine in #Eritrea. The EHF demonstration was held in the DMV Area on August 8th.

#SaveDenakalia Eritrean activists also joined the demo to raise awareness of the man-made famine and continue to raise funds for thousands of people affected by hunger in Denkalia. #Eritrea

Currently in #Eritrea f​ood prices have skyrocketed, the supplies that exist are woefully insufficient, and water shortages threaten the health of the people. #Yiakl!

Let's all join and support these activist who have made this a priority during this dire time.

Please sign ​the petition and help raise awareness on the Eritrean famine by sharing the petition on your page and across all social media to pressure the Eritrean government to provide relief to our families in #Eritrea.
secure.avaaz.org/community_peti…

Thank you to the #EritreanHiddenFamine and #SaveDankalia activists who are actively working to bring awareness to the famine in Eritrea.

Let's all share & join​ our brothers and sisters on this effort by signing the Eritrean Hidden Famine petition now.