Drought in Somalia threatens 3 million

Mar 28, 2017

Drought in Somalia threatens 3 million

Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Africa, World Africa, drought, famine, Somalia

Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N., and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening.

: Aid workers use a visual aid to give lessons on sanitation to people living in a makeshift camp for the internally displaced on the outskirts of Baidoa town, the capital of Bay region of south-western Somalia where the spread of cholera has claimed tens of lives of IDP’s escaping drought from areas cut-off to emergency aid by al-Shabaab Islamists on March 14, 2017. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: Young boys fill with water drums loaded on donkey-carts before selling it on March 15, 2017 in Baidoa, in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia, where the spread of cholera has claimed tens of lives of internally displaced people fleeing the parched countryside. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: Women carry firewood on March 15, 2017 as they walk back to a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Baidoa, in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia, where thousands of internally displaced people arrive daily after they fleeing the parched countryside. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: A young boy waits next to his donkey-cart to fill drums with water before selling it on March 15, 2017 in Baidoa, in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia, where the spread of cholera has claimed tens of lives of internally displaced people fleeing the parched countryside. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: A young boy weakened by cholera is assisted off a tuk-tuk (scooter) onto a stretcher soon after he arrives at the regional hospital in Baidoa town, the capital of Bay region of south-western Somalia where severe cases of malnourishment and cholera are reffered by a UNICEF- funded health programme for children and adults displaced by drought on March 15, 2017. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: A malnourished child is processed by an aid worker for a UNICEF- funded health programme catering to children displaced by drought, at a facility in Baidoa town, the capital of Bay region of south-western Somalia where the spread of cholera has claimed tens of lives of IDP’s compounding the impact of drought on March 15, 2017. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: Internally displaced children appear at the entrance of a hut on March 14, 2017 at a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Baidoa, in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia, where thousands of people arrive daily after they fled the parched countryside. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: A malnourished child is fed a special formula by her mother at a regional hospital in Baidoa town, the capital of Bay region of south-western Somalia where severe cases of malnourishment and cholera are reffered by a UNICEF- funded health programme for children and adults displaced by drought on March 15, 2017. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: Women carry firewood on March 15, 2017 as they walk back to a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Baidoa, in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia, where thousands of internally displaced people arrive daily after they fleeing the parched countryside. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented global crisis with famine already gripping parts of South Sudan and looming over Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, threatening the lives of 20 million people. For Somalis, the memory of the 2011 famine which left a quarter of a million people dead is still fresh. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, a Somali policeman walks past as newly displaced Somali children stand outside their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, a Somali woman holds her child Dahabo Sheikh Mumin, 1, as they attend a health center in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Displaced Somali women stand in a queue to receive food handouts in a camp, just outside of Mogadishu, in Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N. In recent months, aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but they say said more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: A young Somali girl who was displaced by the drought wears a pair of mock spectacles cut out from a cardboard box of antibiotics medicine as a joke, as she carries her brother around a camp just outside of Mogadishu, in Somalia Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Displaced Somali women stand in a queue to receive food handouts in a camp outside of Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Displaced Somali women stand in queue to receive food handouts in a camp outside of Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Newly displaced Somali women and children rest in a makeshift shelter in a camp outside of Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Newly displaced Somali women and children gather, just outside of Mogadishu, in Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N. In recent months, aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but they say said more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Newly displaced children eat food as they sit on the ground, just outside of Mogadishu, in Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N. In recent months, aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but they say said more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Newly displaced Somali women and children sit in a makeshift shelter in camp just outside of Mogadishu, in Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N. In recent months, aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but they say said more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Newly displaced children eat food as they sit on the ground, just outside of Mogadishu, in Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N. In recent months, aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but they say said more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Newly displaced Somali women and children gather, just outside of Mogadishu, in Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N. In recent months, aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but they say said more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Newly displaced Somali women and children gather, just outside of Mogadishu, in Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N. In recent months, aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but they say said more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, Somali women and their malnourished children attend a health center in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, a Somali policeman provides security as displaced Somalis gather outside their makeshift shelters at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, newly displaced Somali children stand outside their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, malnourished brothers Ahmed Isaak, 4, left, and Liban Isaak, 2, right, receive treatment in a children’s hospital in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, newly displaced Somalis gather next to a water point at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, a newly displaced Somali girl holds her sister as they cook food over a fire, next to their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: In this photo taken Saturday, March 25, 2017, a malnourished child sits in a children’s hospital in Baidoa, Somalia. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

: Newly displaced Somali women and children sit in makeshift shelters in a camp outside of Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, March, 27, 2017. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives according to the U.N. and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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