"The worst droughts in the Horn of Africa in 60 years causes severe food shortages and over 11 million people affected"
According to reports from the UN, the current drought in the Horn of Africa is the ‘the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.’ More than 11 million people have been affected, many of them in Somalia. This year has seen the lowest river levels in Somalia and there hasn’t been enough rain to refill the dwindling water supplies. With famine officially declared in parts of Southern Somalia, 3.7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance including 1.85 million children. The drought is not expected to ease until early 2012 and the numbers of vulnerable people affected are anticipated to rise dramatically. This has triggered one of the sharpest refugee outflows in a decade to Kenya and Ethiopia.
"According the the mayor of Mogadishu, there are over 300,000 refugees scattered in the city, and 6 children die every day in the camps."
Our Response
HAI has swiftly responded to the crisis and has so far provided:
1. Distributed Drinking Water to 13,750 people
2. Provided 6000 hot meals and soup to malnourished people
3. Dispatched 2 mobile medical centres supporting 4000 refugees with medicine and medical services
4. Distributed food parcels to benefit 3850 people.
Your donations are making a difference to the lives of our brothers and sisters in East Africa, but more help is needed. The situation is quickly escalating and we must act immediately!
How You Can Help
Your gift will help families in East Africa secure essential life needs. Please give whatever you can afford. You will save lives; give protection. And you will offer hope to people who are in an extremely desperate situation. Any amount will help, but here are just a few gifts you can choose to donate:
$4000 can provide a water well to serve a village of 1000 people in Somalia.