July 20, 2026
After a mudslide, Zana School is severely damaged. Almost 500 children have lost their sleeping place. Helfende Hände helps to restore dormitories, classrooms, and safe learning environments.
Famine Relief Ethiopia
No other help for miles around!
As soon as we step out of the vehicle, we are met by scorching hot air. But it is not the heat that takes our breath away, but the overwhelming suffering of the people.
Their worn, loose-fitting garments do not hide how thin they are. Some of the women have their exhausted children on their laps. The little ones stare into space and have bloated, painful hunger bellies.
Monte and his team specifically seek out these groups in the seemingly endless expanses of Ethiopia that are reached by no other aid organization: too remote, too dangerous, too few people at once for the large aid agencies.
Children with spindly arms who are too weak to sit upright on their own. Devastated parents who have lost their livestock and fields in the drought and can no longer give their children anything to eat ... if we do not help them, no one will!
According to UNICEF, over 20 million children in Ethiopia and the neighboring countries of Somalia and Kenya are at risk of acute hunger. Millions of people are dependent on aid, many of them on the run. This often ends in remote places that no other aid agency visits except for us.
Protective Tarpaulins
Displaced by the drought, hundreds of families are leaving their ancestral villages. Their flight ends in parched wastelands where the struggle for survival continues. The people only have with them what they could carry. The pitiful dwellings they build offer little protection from the sun, the cold at night, and sandstorms.
We bring them weatherproof, durable tarpaulins – a little protection and security in the hostile plains.
Vital Water
Droughts make water a scarce commodity. What people find is dirty and contaminated with germs. That is why we bring large quantities of urgently needed, safe drinking water to the families.
Life-saving Food
Drought means hunger – and hunger kills. Children, in particular, do not survive malnutrition for long. Weakened in this way, they also quickly fall victim to diseases. We bring the families rice and beans – high-energy food that sustains a family for a long time.
Let's deliver the next aid shipment!
It is hard to bear when you have to leave a mother empty-handed during an aid delivery who had hoped for something to eat for her children. We must set off again as quickly as possible. Our help continues to be needed!
Will you help Monte bring life-saving aid to the poorest of the poor?
Help and Donate now!
Even your donation of 15 euros helps to distribute vital food, water, or other relief supplies such as tarpaulins:
15 euros
provide 90 meals for families in need.
30 euros
already mean 180 life-saving meals.
50 euros
help a family that has already lost everything by additionally providing a survival kit.
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- helfende hände – Ein kleines Kind steht vor einer provisorischen Unterkunft aus Stöcken und einer blauen Plane und hält einen gelben Fußball und einen Snack in der Hand. Die Umgebung wirkt trocken und sonnig. helfende hände ggmbh hamburg
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- helfende hände – Eine Gruppe von Kindern steht draußen auf trockenem, felsigem Boden. Ein Kind im Vordergrund trinkt aus einer Metallschüssel, während die anderen zusehen. Im Hintergrund sind unter einem klaren Himmel vereinzelte grüne Sträucher zu sehen. helfende hände ggmbh hamburg
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- helfende hände – Eine Frau in bunter Kleidung sitzt auf dem Boden und hält ein Baby sowie eine große Flasche mit einer dunklen Flüssigkeit im Arm. Im Hintergrund sind auf trockenem, sandigem Boden ein gelber Plastikbehälter und eine weitere Person zu sehen. helfende hände ggmbh hamburg
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