- Crisis Response
Drought in Somalia: ‘If things go on like this, we will also lose our lives’
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 MoreUkraine: ‘Every day on the road I was scared the baby would come’
Alone in a dark room. Air alarms and explosions outside. This is the story of 36-year-old Tatiana Yevhenivina, who gave birth to her ninth child while fleeing the war in Ukraine. Just as approximately 80,000 other women who gave birth there in the first three month since the escalation of war, Tatiana was not able to receive maternal health care or deliver her baby safe from fighting.
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 MoreUkraine: What would you bring if you had to flee in a hurry?
More than 13 million people have left their homes since the escalation of the war on February 24. Half of these are seeking refuge in Western Ukraine. Most have left everything behind and were only able to take a few essential items with them. Some thought they would be able to return home soon. Here are a few people sharing what they were able to bring with them while fleeing from their homes.
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Somalia: ‘I want to become minister of education so that other girls can learn’
“The children in our school come from families that have been displaced due to the current drought,” explains Halima, principal of Ayaanle Primary School. Currently, 1.4 million children in Somalia are affected by the drought. Hamdi, 14, is one of them. She attends the fifth grade.
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.
Read MoreLebanon: ‘What do they call those who no longer have a city?’
As the two-year anniversary of the Beirut port blast approached, CARE's Patricia Khoder, a lifelong Beirut resident, wrote this diary to capture the loss and uncertainty she experiences each day. Patricia often mourns the city she knew before the blast. Poverty, severe shortages of medicine and other consumer goods, and the slow pace of rebuilding are daily challenges.
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