Words

• aftermath = result, outcome
• bare = here: with no plants or trees
• crop = plants that farmers grow to produce food
• desperate = to really want something
• disaster = tragedy, catastrophe
• drought = a long period of very dry weather with little or ne rain
• emergency food aid = fast help that people need to get food
• environmental refugee = a person who has to leave his home because nature is changing and they cannot get the food they need to survive
• famine = a situation in which people do not have enough to eat
• grain = the seeds of wheat, corn, rice etc.. that are used as food
• grave = a place in the ground where a dead person is buried
• herdsman = man or woman who looks after or cares for animals
• horrific = terrible
• local = here: a person who lives in the area
• pray = to say words to god
• rifle = a long gun that you hold up to your shoulder and shoot
• river bed = the bottom of a river
• seek = look for
• soil = the top layer of the earth
• spear = a large stick with a pointed end; used for killing animals
• spring = a place where water comes up from the ground
• support = help
• tap = an instrument that controls the water that comes out of a place
• threat = danger
• torrent = a lot of water that moves very quickly in one direction
• tribesman = a man who is member of a large family or group of people especially in Africa
• trigger = cause