South Africa food crisis – level 1

South Africa food crisis

18-10-2024 15:00

A big drought is happening in southern Africa. Millions of people have no food.

Five countries – Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe – are in trouble. No rain means that crops and animals are dying. Angola and Mozambique also have problems.

The UN’s World Food Programme is giving food and cash to people. But it needs much more money. The UN says that 27 million people are hungry. 21 million children are not getting enough food. The drought will continue until March or April 2025. People will have new crops then. El Niño makes some places too dry. It is not possible to stop it. The UN needs 369 million dollars to help people in South Africa.

Difficult words: drought (long time with no rain), crops (plants we grow for food), continue (to keep going or existing).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

What are the impacts of the drought in southern Africa and what is the UN's World Food Programme doing to help?

LEARN 3000 WORDS with NEWS IN LEVELS

News in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions
below.

How to improve your English with News in Levels: 

Test

  1. Do the test at Test Languages.
  2. Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.

Reading

  1. Read two news articles every day.
  2. Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.

Listening

  1. Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.
  2. Listen to the news from today without reading the text.

Writing

  1. Answer the question under today’s news and write the answer in the comments.

Speaking

  1. Choose one person from the Skype section.
  2. Talk with this person. You can answer questions from Speak in Levels.

 

Stock images by Depositphotos