Above: Senator Tedd Kennedy in Ethiopia during the 1984
famine appears in a photograph published on the cover of
People Magazine.

Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff

Published: Thursday, August 27, 2009

In 1984, Senator Tedd Kennedy of Massachusetts who died this week at age 77, traveled to Ethiopia and Sudan on a fact-finding mission to assess the devastation of the 1984 famine in his capacity as a member of the Senate Refugee Subcommittee. On the trip he was joined by his daughter Kara and his son Ted, who spent a week with the Senator touring several feeding centers. Upon their return to the United States, Tedd Kennedy penned a journal chronicling the painful trip from Mekele to Bati and from Jijiga to Khartoum and Kassala. The journal was published in the January 28, 1985, issue of People Magazine. Images of the family’s journey graced the cover of the publication.

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Ted Kennedy and his son Ted discuss their trip to Ethiopia

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