Somalia has suffered the worst drought in 40 years: a mother buried her multiple children

Jimu Journalist Hu Xiuwen

Somalia is suffering from the worst drought in 40 years. The famine is serious, the level of people's malnutrition is rapidly upgraded, and children are starving to death.

According to the Guardian reported on June 22, on June 19, Michael Dunford, director of the East Africa Regional Director of the East Africa Regional Food Program (WFP), said to the G7 leader who met in Germany that if you want to avoid this disaster, countries The government must donate quickly and generously to Somalia.

"We need money, and now we need it." Deng Ford said, "The only way is to invest in humanitarian relief, and all stakeholders and all partners work together."

A Somali man is dealing with dead livestock

Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in 40 years, and the continuous conflict and price increase have intensified the impact of this disaster.

Throughout East Africa, 89 million people are now regarded by the World Food Program as "serious unsafe food", and this number has increased by nearly 90%over the past year.

A Somali woman is feeding her children

Somalia was caught in a disaster. In the recent visit to Somalia, Claire Sangford, who rescued the Children's Association, said that she met a mother who had buried multiple children last year, and the surviving children are now suffering from serious malnutrition.

"Seriously, in the 23 years when I have dealt with the humanitarian crisis, this is the worst one I have seen so far, especially the influence on children." She said, "My colleagues and my colleagues are in Somalia in Somalia The hunger upgrade is faster than we are worried. "

In 2011, Somalia experienced a famine that killed more than 250,000 people, most of which were children, but Sanford said that many of the people he met said that the situation is worse now.

She added: "In 2011, we swear that we will never let this happen again. However, we have not fulfilled this commitment."

"We see that children die in front of us and see people lose their livelihoods. This is not to say that we have not learned the lessons of 2011. We learned a lot from that crisis, but due to lack of funds, we could not carry out work."

According to the latest assessment of Somalia in the comprehensive grain security stage (IPC), by the end of this year, it is estimated that children under 1.5 million are acute malnutrition, of which 38,6400 people may be seriously malnourished. It is expected that these numbers will only rise.

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