Failed rains, prolong drought pushes Somali communities to the brink
The UN is now mobilizing resources so that its agencies, such as UNICEF, can provide lifesaving assistance to some 1.7 million people affected by drought in northern Somalia. Among them, 385,000 are in need of immediate assistance, while another 1.3 million are on the brink of slipping further into hunger and destitution if rains continue to fail and aid is too slow to come.
Before Li left Hawa and the rest of the women and children, she was caught up with a little girl, Raaho Osman Ahmed. She told the UNICEF workers that she was carried by a donkey when her family made the journey to Somaliland. "We didn't have enough food back home, so we left," said the bright-eyed four-year-old. "I had a lot of friends back home," she went on saying. "Mohamed…Aya…Omar…Fatuma… We always play together. I want to go home."
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