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Somali teens offered chance to complete education
Feb 27, 2012
The first high school in Somali refugee camp in Bokolomanyo, Ethiopia is under construction
Al Jazeera photographs Dadaab
Sep 22, 2011
Al Jazeera photographer Azad Essa goes in search of the other side of famine in Dadaab
Mogadishu: 44% of children in hospital severely hungry
Sep 22, 2011
ACT has provided over US $720,000 in medical supplies to Mogadishu, including aerial transport of more than 15 tons of medicines and equipment
The safe haven in Dadaab
Sep 22, 2011
Safe from sexual violence at a refuge in Dadaab, women fleeing desperate situations can re-build
Dadaab: faiths come together for huge Eid party
Sep 01, 2011
Over 200,000 Somali refugees have celebrated Eid Al-Fitr in Kenya for the first time
ABC News reports from Dadaab camp
Aug 18, 2011
ABC News today reports from Dadaab refugee camp, managed by ACT member the Lutheran World Federation. See the report, aired on Australian television, here
Horn of Africa: more energy and attention needed
Aug 16, 2011
As the UN revises up the number of drought-hit people in the Horn, ACT says the region's people need more than simply food and water
In Horn of Africa, drought only a trigger
Aug 11, 2011
The media blames the suffering in the Horn of Africa on the drought, but the reasons behind this monumental crisis are more complex and must be understood to avoid international aid efforts being futile
Mogadishu: ACT delivering essentials to the toughest spots
Aug 10, 2011
ACT member Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe distributes water, food and sheets for shelters in the refugee camp near Mogadishu.
Somalia: reputation opening doors to strong-hold areas
Aug 03, 2011
ACT members are carrying out life-saving work in Somalia's least hospitable regions
ACT's emergency response in Somalia and Kenya: a snapshot
Jul 26, 2011
ACT at work: video about some of the practical steps being taken by ACT Alliance to respond to drought in Kenya and Somalia
This famine knocks on everyone's door
Jul 22, 2011
ACT aid worker Abdi Egal describes the devastating choices south Somali families are forced to make as they flee the famine
Kenya and Somalia: a tale of two droughts
Jul 20, 2011
Nick Guttmann blogs from Kenya, where government support helps the international relief effort - unlike the situation in enighbouring Somalia
UN declares famine in two Somali states
Jul 20, 2011
As the UN declares famine in two areas of Somalia Laurie MacGregor reports from the Gedo province, where ACT is providing emergency food relief
This is the last of my food
Jul 08, 2011
Laurie MacGregor reports from the Horn of Africa, where 10 million are at risk of starvation
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ACT in Somalia
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
International organisations in Somalia
Organisations funding work in Somalia
- Bread for the World
- Christian Aid
- Church of Sweden
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Diakonie, Austria
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- Norwegian Church Aid
About Somalia
- Population: 9.1 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Mogadishu
- Area: 637,657sq km (246,201 sq miles)
- Major languages: Somali, Arabic, Italian, English
- Major religion: Islam
- Life expectancy: 48 years (men), 51 years (women)
- Monetary unit: 1 Somali shilling = 100 cents
- Main exports: Livestock, bananas, hides, fish
- GNI per capita: N/A