Help bring food and water to people facing the wors drought in 60 years.
The crisis in the Horn of Africa is worsening. Since famine was initially declared in Somalia in July, the number of people affected has drastically increased. Four million people in Somalia – more than half the population – are in crisis. Famine has now been declared in six regions.
In all four Horn of Africa countries, 13.3 million people are in need of humanitarian aid.
According to the U.N., if more aid does not arrive soon, 750,000 people are at risk of dying. And if seasonal rains from October to December are average, acute malnutrition will spread and the number of children dying will escalate rapidly.
We’re working as fast as we can to reach desperate families with food, water, medical attention and emergency supplies, but we need your help. Read one family’s story here.
Sadly, media attention has shifted away from the famine, as the situation grows worse. Refugee camps are overflowing, with tens of thousands of people living outside the camps with no access to help.
The need is overwhelming. Please help us respond to this crisis today. Donate here to help save lives.
World Concern is one of only a few international aid organizations to be able to work across the Kenya-Somalia border in southern Somalia – an area once inaccessible due to insecurity. We’re providing emergency food, water, medical assistance and supplies to thousands of people in strained host communities on both sides of the border.
In the past few weeks we have brought water to border communities that previously had none. These communities serve as major transit points for Somali refugees. Here’s how we were able to get water flowing in one village where more than 2,000 refugees have arrived.
We’ve also fed thousands of people with emergency meals and provided rations, including rice, beans, sugar, oil and salt. Using a unique voucher system that supports local economies, we’ve provided supplies such as blankets, jerry cans, mosquito nets and cooking pots to families who were forced to leave all their belongings behind. Thousands are also receiving medical care for famine-related illnesses.
Please help us reach desperate families with life-saving water and food. Donate here.
Sources: U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and USAID.
