Somalia
The human cost of funding cuts: Lives and futures at risk in Somalia
Somalia is plunged into a devastating humanitarian catastrophe as critical funding cuts slash food aid and close health clinics. Families are starving, children are wasting away from severe malnutrition, and mothers are forced to walk miles just to find water. Without urgent support, millions face death, displacement, and shattered futures.
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For the past two years, I have seen communities across Somalia that have lost everything and do not know where the next meal will come from. My team and I have been raising the alarm for more than a year on the impending drought, always haunted by the 2011 famine in Somalia that led to the loss of a quarter of a million lives. When the crisis began, we were hopeful that the global community would
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In a good rainy season, Asha Mohammed, 43, can harvest her tomatoes every three weeks and sell 18 kg for around 12 euros. But for the second year in a row, it has rained far too little in Somalia. Now, Asha has to buy tomatoes herself from the next town, and her village doesn't have enough water in its tanks even to drink. The villagers must rely on expensive water trucks from the nearest town.
Read MoreSomali Drought: ‘Every month, we get less to eat’
In a village in Somalia hit hard by drought, Ardo Dhunkel, 60, runs a small store with the help of a small savings and loans group set up by CARE. She sells food, detergent, shoes and other small daily necessities. The villagers are former livestock farmers, most of whom have lost their animals due to the drought.
Read MoreSomalia drought: “Climate change has been reality for us for a long time.”
The global hunger crisis is worsening. While the war in Ukraine is causing food and gas prices to rise around the world, the effects of climate change are also becoming increasingly apparent – especially in countries of the Global South such as Somalia in East Africa.
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