European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes july 1985 we Are world meets a continent of misery by Clifford May new York times the developed during a Telephone Call Between Harry Belafonte in new York and a producer in los sounded Tricky gather together the hottest names in american pop Cut a hit record and make a Fortune for the famine victims of but making the record and the Money turned out to be the easy since the first single was released on March More than 11 million copies of we Are the world arc said to have been along with a veritable mount Kilimanjaro of picture books and Lapel proceeds arc soon expected to top the hard according to the leaders of for Africa it stands for United sup port of artists for Africa has been trying to untangle the intricate web of factors that created the african famine and identifying strategies that might help ease what weve Learned is that its not just a question of sending More Money or More said Ken the produce manager of the at the end of the for Africa teams two week tour of Tan Zania and the the Belafonte is certainly much More Complex than we aspects of that reality began to emerge Early for there was the somewhat startling revelation that the Relief workers involved in pro Grams to feed the hungry were not asking that More food be purchased and shipped from the United the ports and warehouses of Ethiopia and the Sudan arc already choked with the Relief workers but arcane economic and logistical constraints have been preventing the bulk of the food from reaching people in Many doctors advised against sending plane Load after plane Load of medical Africa most deadly disease is worsening they and it will take More than antibiotics to cure other aspects of the african reality became apparent through a series of Small in the groups helicopter got lost while travelling Over the mountainous and poorly charted Rural country Relief efforts stifled in Africa Khartoum in disaster which could have been six million people exist in fort Sud i tons of food remains crammed in 10 warehouses awaiting delivery to the country 115 million atm tons of food is plied in mountains of White sacks exposed to heat and Djibouti Somalia Addis Ababa Ethiopia arabian so 400 Miles Eritrea and famine is being used As a weapon in a military strategy to depopulate and disrupt support for antigovernment rebels in the Northern graphic in the main ports of Sudan and Ethiopia hundreds of thousands of tons of Relief food lie piled up on the in a country where a generation of development Aid has not stemmed economic Bela Fontes hotel room was the thieves even took his it  be hard to catch the Bela Fonte hell be the one walking around the capital bumping into in the a food riot broke out and was quelled with tear Gas and gunshots Only about an hour before the group landed in the Western town of scores of bags of Grain were stolen by hungry Urban residents resentful Over being bypassed in favor of still hungrier More remarkable than such was the Way that Normal and mundane concerns managed to persist and the teenage autograph seekers swamped Marlin older brother of i in Addis Ababa just As fans would in Des the ethiopian who Are Allied with were hospitable but always acutely conscious of Public reflecting the tense state of relations that pre Vail Between the ethiopian and United states gov Belafonte and his team were pointedly referred to in the official press As Caribbean and the name for Africa was avoided whenever the group was received most elaborately in the tribal dancers and singers waited at the Edge of the Airstrip each time the delegations chartered plane touched animal skins and other tributes were and there were flowery speeches and ample banquets More reminiscent of a cultural Exchange than an emergency Relief at a folkloric at Khartoum Friendship a local band even broke into Jamaica and Belafonte Rose from the audience to sing a few its they wanted to give us a favourable opinion of their they didst want us to come away with the impression that drought and famine is All there is the most significant and moving moments of the trip were clearly those spent in Relief Camps and impoverished villages among people who pass their Days waiting for the rations of food and water that May give them the strength and Hope to survive a Little it bombards All your senses to see such suf Belafonte the needs Are so but these poor people Are not they have immense by the time the for Africa team headed they had not decided How to spend most of the Money that has been but they had developed a heightened appreciation for How Large a task it will be to try to Stem Africa increasing economic and Environ mental what you really see Here is How much of a band Aid Relief Kragen what happens to these people when they get healthy where do they go How do you get them started again whats the next step there Are no Quick and easy Marty for Africa executive said when you see How big the problem you realize that million is i never thought million could be so in the East outside the Kassala refugee people stand near Graves which Are just piles of with Sticks for a photo