Oxfam, Save the Children Ask for $144 Million for East Africa

The British charities Oxfam and Save the Children appealed for 90 million pounds ($144 million) in emergency aid for the drought-hit East African nations of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.

Two straight seasons of poor rains prompted Oxfam to make a record African aid appeal, seeking 50 million pounds to give 3 million people water, food and sanitation, the London-based charity said in an e-mailed statement yesterday.