Famine and Drought Threatens to wipe out a Generation of Children in Somalia 

Somalia is on the brink of famine disaster, with one child now admitted to a health facility every minute of every day for treatment of severe malnutrition, Four rainy seasons have failed to materialise, and the UN has warned that 350,000 children could die this year…

Drought has killed livestock and the crops they live on. The situation is so stark it is now expected famine will be declared by the UN before Christmas, The drought has forced one million people, mainly mothers and children, to leave their homes and small subsistence farms. They walk vast distances to towns where they hope help will be available, begging for food and water on the way.

Camps of internally displaced Somalians are now growing on the outskirts of towns, and the Irish Independent has seen first-hand how the downward spiral of hunger, thirst, malnutrition and disease is leading to children dying in the arms of their mothers.

In stabilisation centres at clinics and hospitals around the country, organisations like Unicef are supporting the assessment and treatment of malnourished babies and children, Some children who are two-years-old barely weigh more than a healthy five-month-old. And five-month-old babies sometimes weigh the same as a healthy newborn.

Source:-https://m.independent.ie/world-news/africa/famine-and-drought-threatens-to-wipe-out-a-generation-of-children-in-somalia-42106861.html