Global warming, spiraling food prices, and war are causing hunger in Somalia. Millions of others in Somalia are in the cross hairs of what some aid workers are calling them “The Three Cs”.
The worst drought in forty years in war-torn Somalia has made people move. The drought, which began last year, is predicted to worsen, exacerbated by climate change, many scientists and humanitarian organizations say.
A third of livestock is already dead from thirst or hunger. Crops and fruit trees have withered. Somalia, which is run by a long-running Islamist insurgency, needs to import more food, but people can’t afford to buy it.
Foreign aid is dwindling and food prices are spiking because of the war in Ukraine, the world’s fourth-largest grain exporter. Children have been dying since January from acute malnutrition.
The United Nations warned this month that more than a third of Somalia’s 16 million people need food aid to survive. Some areas could face famine this month.
Aid in some places will run out in June. In the last 50 years, extreme weather events have increased fivefold worldwide, according to the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The Horn of Africa, including Somalia, is at its driest on record.
Food prices have jumped by up to 160 percent in parts of Somalia, due to the drought and global supply disruptions from the conflict in Ukraine. Even in good times, Somalia imports over half its food.
About one-fifth of students typically leave school during hard times and never return, said Rania Degesh, deputy director of East and southern Africa for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Proverbs 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
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