Famine in Nepal: It’s SERIOUS!!

People in western Nepal are starving. Elected representatives, meanwhile, are trying to settle the political squabble in Kathmandu.

There’s no government to make administrative decisions, and it’s already too late for people whose crops have died and who cannot afford the steep price of rice and other grains.

Jamauti Kami in Sokat, Accham, southern-west Nepal, was cooking the last cup rice for her starving children when Charles Haviland of the BBC, visited her for his report published on July 10.

Thirteen-year-old Dhirendra Nepali of Kolti, Bajura, western Nepal, had eaten two slices of bread the day before Kantipur interviewed him on July 7.

Ram Chandra Jyoti of Rami Danda, Jajarkot was looking for rice to feed his family, the last week of June, when he talked to Rajendra Karki of Nepali Times.