Green | July 09, 2011 | 3 comments

Somalia: Severe drought leading to humanitarian disaster for millions

JanforGore
The persistent and severe drought in Somalia and Kenya has led to people walking for almost two weeks in search of food and water and a place to stay. Refugee camps are full and the situation is serious. Only now is the international community seeing the humanitarian disaster unfolding here due not only to the severe drought caused by successive yearly failures of the rains, but a war raging on that has used religious intolerance as an excuse for Al Shabaab to turn away their own people. It is unconscienable to do this, especially to children. My hope is that aid can reach them in time to save more lives as we are now seeing more graves being dug on the outskirts of the camps. As climate change and its effects worsen in these areas of the world, we as a species will have to reassess our priorities from placing religious intolerance and politics above humanity in order for us to survive.
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3 comments // Somalia: Severe drought leading to humanitarian disaster for millions // Video

  • EmileZ
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      EmileZ [removed]  

    • I hate to put it in such a self-centered way, but if we can't help these people, we don't deserve what we have got.

      I am afraid the US is gearing up to deal with these problems with its anti insurgency warfare. Very expensive and fought for... well... whatever the opposite of a good reason is. To control resources... to dehumanize starving populations for propaganda reasons. These are our future "terrorists" from whom we must defend our way of life.

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  • JanforGore
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