So I stumbled across an article of what ABC news calls “One
of the largest Humanitarian Crises in Decades”.
Currently in Somalia thousands of people are suffering from one of the
worst droughts ever in history. It has been said Somalia hasn’t seen rain in
two years and might not get any until at least October. It is
up to these people to travel to Kenya or Ethiopia in order to be at a refugee
camp where they will have access to water, shelter, and food. For most people it takes up to “50” miles to
reach the camp in Kenya which typically is taking weeks for some families. They listed examples of families who are struggling
really badly with the travel. It really upset me that one woman had to leave
her sick malnutrition child behind on the side of the road because she was too
sick to travel anymore in order to travel and save the rest of her family. Even though people arrive at these camps with
nothing to own they are very thankful if they have all their family still alive
and food to eat. According to ABC news,
the United States has put in $5 million to aid the refugees. At this point these refugees need all the
possible aid they can get. This is
heartbreaking and I plan on making a donation myself. They listed a couple different organizations
in order to make donations such as the “World Food Programme”. Somalia is at desperate times right now and
the best we can do is continue to help them as much as possible. This article also would help point out that
when you’re enjoying your amazing meal stop and think that these people are traveling
on foot for thirty days and losing family members by the minute and just a $10
donation at least could help out.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/somalia-drought-largest-humanitarian-crises-decades/story?id=14088488#.UEpd1PWcHvG
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