Showing posts with label Mogadishu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mogadishu. Show all posts

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Text 'AID' to 27722 to Help Save a Life

 

The United Nations estimates that a 1.5 million Somalis are displaced within the country and more than 100,000 of them have fled to Mogadishu in the last months due to the crisis. Hospitals in Mogadishu have been overwhelmed with new arrivals. The US government estimates that some 30,000 children have died in southern Somalia in the last 90 days due to famine and drought.
(left) Halima Hassan holds her severely malnourished son Abdulrahman Abshir, 7 months, at the Banadir hospital on August 14, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia.  
(All photos by John Moore/Getty Images)
This link is a list of organizations working in the area. Please give. http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/interaction-members-respond-drought-crisis-horn-africa

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Today's Reality Check

"Thousands may starve: The lives of more than 50,000 severely malnourished children are in jeopardy after Islamist militants looted medical and food supplies in a central Somali town. This boy and girl live in a makeshift camp for the internally displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu."