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Drought
Posted by The.IRC on August 5th, 2011
More than 1,300 refugees fleeing drought and famine in southern Somalia are arriving every day in the already overcrowded Dadaab refugee camp near the Kenya-Somalia border. Under such conditions infectious disease can spread quickly. The IRC's Peter Biro followed along and filmed as an IRC medical team vaccinated refugee children against polio and measles. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Kenya | Tags: drought, health, Kenya, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, famine |
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 3rd, 2011
While traveling with an IRC medical team that is vaccinating refugee children against polio and measles, I had a chance to get a sense of what life is like for the inhabitants of Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Kenya | Tags: drought, health, Kenya, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, famine | 1 Comments
Posted by George.Rupp on July 29th, 2011
The United Nations has declared a famine in the Horn of Africa, surprising no one who works in the region. As early as August 2010 there were indications that a crisis loomed. Now more than 3.7 million Somalis, or half of the entire population, are in need of aid. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, natural disasters, humanitarian aid, famine, Horn of Africa | 18 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 28th, 2011
Seven-month-old Mihag, cradled in his mother's arms, clings on to life in an IRC hospital in Dadaab, Kenya. When he arrived, little Mihag weighed less than eight pounds -- the AP called him "the frail face of famine." But a day after treatment by IRC doctors he was breastfeeding again, which is a very good sign. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, Kenya, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, famine, Mihag, Minhaj Gedi Farah | 6 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on July 21st, 2011
When Abdallah Ibrahim Jare, his wife Ishan and their four young children set out on foot on the 25-day trek from their home in Somalia to Kenya, Abdallah had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead of him. Fifteen days into their journey, 30-year-old Ishan died. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, hunger, malnutrition, refugee camps, news, Kenya, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim | 1 Comments
Posted by Milka Choge on July 20th, 2011
Habiba, 29, told me her family was forced to leave because of the insecurity in Somalia and because they had lost livestock they depended on for income to the ongoing drought. In January they had 40 goats but by the end of June only 10 remained. They sold half of them on the way to Dadaab in exchange for money to buy food. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, drought, health, refugee camps, Kenya, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid |
Posted by George.Rupp on July 20th, 2011
In response to increasing displacement caused by the devastating drought in the Horn of Africa and East Africa, we issued a press release and posted a Web special report earlier this month to raise public awareness of the crisis and note the IRC’s response. more »
Posted by Milka Choge on July 19th, 2011
I met Madina Aden, a 36-year-old mother of five, with her two sons at the mobile clinic run by the IRC on the outskirts of the Hagadera refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. We were treating newly arrived refugees -- families who had fled drought and insecurity in neighboring Somalia. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, refugees, drought, health, refugee camps, Kenya, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on July 15th, 2011
Fatuma, 25, arrived in Dadaab refugee camp four days ago by car with her mother and her five children. The young widow gave birth to her baby girl, Shire, on her way here. The family arrived without luggage -- it was stolen from the parked car late one night as they slept. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: drought, refugee camps, natural disasters, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 7th, 2011
"The people of Somalia are fighting a combination of devastating factors all at once, including conflict, recurrent drought, livestock disease and high food prices." more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: drought, water, conflict, Somalia, humanitarian aid |
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