International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Horn of Africa Drought

Quoted: "The crisis is not over" in Horn of Africa


August 30, 2011
By The IRC

In Dadaab refugee camp, three out of five children suffer from malnutrition. Once identified, the children are rushed to the IRC's stabilization center, which is part of the IRC-run hospital in Dadaab. Here they receive food and medical care.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
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IRC drought response: caring for malnourished children

Dr. Milhia Kader works at an International Rescue Committee hospital in Dadaab, Kenya, treating refugees who have fled drought and famine in neighboring Somalia. Dr. Kader says that 17% of children arriving in local refugee camps are malnourished. Her unit provides lifesaving care for kids who have severe malnutrition with medical complications. She introduces us to 3-year-old Aden, one of her many young patients who have improved considerably with treatment from the IRC.

24 Aug 2011

Drought-stricken Central Somalia struggling to cope with influx of Somalis from the South; more aid is critical

NAIROBI
26 Aug 2011

Tens of thousands of Somalis are fleeing famine and conflict in southern Somalia to areas of central Somalia that are also suffering severe shortages of food, water and pasture—straining scarce resources and creating tension in drought-affected communities. 

Somalis helping Somalis


August 24, 2011
By Sue Dwyer

IRC teams are aiding tens of thousands of Somali refugees who are pouring into camps in Kenya and Ethiopia—many barely clinging to life. Fellow refugees and local communities are also helping, gathering donations for the new arrivals.

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DADAAB, Kenya -
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Meals for Miles


August 22, 2011
By The IRC
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Update on the IRC's drought response in Africa

The drought in the Horn and East Africa has been described as the worst in 60 years, with an estimated 12.5 million people facing a severe food crisis and in urgent need of emergency assistance.  While the current crisis has attracted international attention, drought has been a chronic problem in the region for much longer, one which the International Rescue Committee has been responding to for over a year.

Quoted: 'Children under five show most signs of malnutrition'


August 19, 2011
By The IRC

Hussein Amin, a newly-arrived refugee from the Somali city of Kismayo, feeds his daughter Ladan in the IRC hospital's stabilization center in Dadaab.

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A crisis with a female face


August 17, 2011
By Sinead Murray

Newly arriving refugees from Somalia are housed in the outskirts of Dadaab.

Photo: Edward Macharia/ IRC
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A Place in the Sand

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A Place in the Sand
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August 16, 2011
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Once more a catastrophe is unfolding in the Horn of Africa and we’re transfixed by pictures of haunted faces and distended bellies, of huddles of humanity slumped in the sand, stoically waiting for help.
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