Humanitarian Emergency (drought) in 2006
Madina Warsame Development Organization presented the Committee of the drought in Mogadishu as different types of foodFebruary 15, 2006, a severe drought in western and southern Somalia has killed dozens of people, hundreds of livestock and raised fears of an outbreak of disease after seasonal rains failed.
"Animals and the people have started to die; this is an urgent matter for which we call the immediate attention and action on the part of the donors, UN agencies and other humanitarian agencies."
Somali government appealed for food, medicine and water tanks to cut the risk that hundreds of dehydrated residents may die while searching for water.
It is estimated that over the past four months because of drought and consequent malnutrition have died around 1100 people, including 500 women and children. The main problem is lack of water, due to the scarcity of rainfall in the last two years. This drought, which according to many is the worst in the last ten years, besides causing death by dehydration of men and cattle had a negative impact on grain production, which was insufficient to cover the needs of the population. If still not raining and the situation will not change soon these people will no longer support them.
Committee of the drought for Somalia people is highly motivated and well known locally and reliable.
24/04/2006 Madina Warsame Development Organization presented the Committee of the drought in Mogadishu as different types of food (rice, maize, corn and oil) 414 quintals of rice, 468 quintals of corn, and 430 quintals of beans and 3,644 liter of cooking oil, which cost $ 110,000.00
This aid is intended in the regions of Gedo, Bakol, Bay, meddle Jubba, Lower Shebelle and Galgadud.
This aid comes from the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy in dealing with 'humanitarian emergency phone innate in those regions of southern Somalia.
Total money spent is $ 110,000 and benefited 9700 families; each family consists of a minimum of 10 persons. These families can have food self-sufficiency for 20 days.
The Committee observed that the food crisis may last for another 2 months so we need other food interventions to address this humanitarian catastrophe.
25/04/2006 Madina Warsame Development organization has also given $ 24,000 to the Committee of the Yamarugle that are digging the Well. The whole group has acknowledged the reliability of the Committee Yamarugle those in turn invite us to go as soon as possible to ascertain when the work ended, (when the well reaches the final of the fresh water aquifer).
