Almost two million children are suffering from malnutrition following the effects of the worst drought in forty years in Somalia. ‘Save the Children’ organization is calling for urgent international funding to provide life-saving aid to the country.
With the devasting drought conditions in the country, more than 1.8 million girls and boys under the age of five will suffer from acute malnutrition, according to the organization.
The country is facing the worst drought in forty years after below-average rainfall continues to reduce food production.
As a result, at least 6.5 million people, or nearly 40% of the population, need humanitarian assistance.
The United Nations last year warned of the impending famine in Somalia due to the worst drought situation in the last 40 years, with the sixth consecutive season of below-average rainfall expected to continue reducing food production and lower household incomes.
It is estimated that nearly 40% of the population of Somalia will need humanitarian assistance.