Health organizations are responding to such diseases and gathering to build appropriate facilities across the country. Although there are many things that can be done on the ground, there is always a way to help from home.
The simplest and effective way to help people in Somalia is to donate. Many of these acts are possible through donations. There are many campaigns standing by Somalia and its recovery. One example of an organization to donate to is Love Army for Somalia , a supply aid campaign.
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Partners and donors Achieving Zero Hunger is the work of many. Our work in Somalia is made possible by the support and collaboration of our partners and donors, including:. The largest refugee camp in the world, Dadaab, is already dangerously over-crowded with some , refugees. Many thousands more are waiting to be registered. In neighbouring Ethiopia, 2, people a day are arriving at the Dolo refugee camp — also struggling to keep pace.
This compounds a food crisis faced by almost 7 million Kenyans and Ethiopians at home. In Djibouti and Eritrea, tens of thousands of people are also in need — and potentially many more. Even as we respond to this immediate crisis, we need to find ways to deal with underlying causes. But with the effects of climate change being increasingly felt throughout the world, it will surely not be the last.
This means practical measures: drought-resistant seeds, irrigation, rural infrastructure, livestock programmes. These projects can work. Over the last ten years, they have helped boost agricultural production in Ethiopia by eight percent a year. We have also seen improvements in our early warning systems. We knew this drought was coming and began issuing warnings last November. Looking ahead, we must ensure those warnings are heard in time. Above all, we need peace. As long as there is conflict in Somalia, we cannot effectively fight famine.
More and more children will go hungry; more and more people will needlessly die. And this cycle of insecurity is growing dangerously wide.
And how to prevent the next one? This famine represents the most serious food insecurity situation in the world today in terms of both scale and severity. This is the first officially-declared famine in Africa so far this century, at a time when famine has been eradicated everywhere else.
The 21st Century is the first time in human history that we have the capacity to eradicate famine. To do so, we must address the underlying problems:. Emergency aid is vital right now, but we also need to ask why this has happened, and how we can stop it ever happening again. The warning signs have been seen for months, and the world has been slow to act. Much greater long-term investment is needed in food production and basic development to help people cope with poor rains and ensure that this is the last famine in the region.
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