This famine knocks on everyone's door
Friday, July 22, 2011
South Somali families are forced to abandon weak and disabled relatives on the long walk through conflict and drought zones towards safety. ACT aid worker Abdi Egal, from the south of Somalia, says this famine knows no bounds. It is indiscriminately knocking on everyone's door.
ACT's work in southern Somalia is carried out by Norwegian Church Aid and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
Drought in the Horn of Africa
- Horn: rain for some, hunger for most
- Kenya: digging for water in the midst of drought
- Surviving the drought, and preparing for the next one
- Ethiopia: medication needed to tackle measles
- ABC News reports from Dadaab camp
- Ethiopia: the elderly have stopped eating
- Horn of Africa: more energy and attention needed
- Dadaab: the road to relief
- Uganda acts on drought resistance
- Ethiopia: setting up camp on hard soil
- Volunteers keep the peace in Dadaab camps
- In Horn of Africa, drought only a trigger
- Dadaab: life in a refugee city
- Mogadishu: ACT delivering essentials to the toughest spots
- Somalia: reputation opening doors to strong-hold areas
- Dadaab: “It’s what makes you get up at 5am”
- ACT's emergency response in Somalia and Kenya: a snapshot
- Africa drought: Dadaab extension a safe haven for Somalis
- This famine knocks on everyone's door
- Dadaab: praise for expansion of Kenyan camp
- Kenya and Somalia: a tale of two droughts
- UN declares famine in two Somali states
- Desperation increases in southern Ethiopia
- Women slog for miles seeking last drop of water
- SMS from South Ethiopia: cattle are dead, we’ll be next
- Anguish as Ethiopians run out of options
- Africa drought: pressure on Dadaab extends for miles
- Horn of Africa drought: 10 million could starve
- This is the last of my food