Tagged: Somalia

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Filming a social experiment about Somalia

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Reelmedia’s film “How Far Would You Walk for Clean Water?” was shown globally, on UNICEF’s social media channels, to highlight the situation of children in Somalia, especially around the difficulty of getting clean water. It was seen by over 10 million people. Tim Webster, the film’s director, writes about making the video. In… Read more →←
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Fighting cholera in Somalia

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Drought has displaced 766,000 people in Somalia since November, and the country is also facing one of its worst outbreaks of cholera. UNICEF and its partners have provided more than 1.66 million people with temporary access to safe water, up from some 300,000 in January. More than 390,000 children and women have lifesaving health… Read more →←
A map showing the four countries of the famine crisis: Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and NE Nigeria.

5 things to know about children and famine

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1. Children can’t wait. Famine, drought and armed conflict are devastating lives and futures Famine has already been declared South Sudan and is looming in other countries. Children are suffering from malnutrition and disease and need our help. 2. Children are being hit hardest. Millions are on the verge of starvation Nearly 1.4… Read more →←
Tiny newborn baby with big eyes and a tube in her nose looks at the camera; she is wrapped in blankets and a black plastic bag

The baby in a plastic bag: surviving in Somalia

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Fifteen-day-old Faadumo lies quietly with her big, dark eyes wide open. Her tiny head and dainty fists rest on a nest of blankets, starting with a black shawl. A second one adorned with white dots is layered on top. She is then tucked in a bigger, thicker blanket in a maroon and cream color. In between these wrappings is one more layer… Read more →←
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End violence against girls

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Batula is a traditional birth attendant and has been working for the past 25 years. Because of her reputation and medical skills, many families take girls to her and ask let her to carry out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on them. FGM is a deep-rooted cultural practice in Somalia with virtually every Somali girl and woman (98 per cent)… Read more →←
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Prolonged drought pushes Somali communities to the brink

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The rains have failed Hawa Ali, a shepherd from Ethiopia, over and over again for three years straight. Before all her animals succumbed to thirst, hunger and disease, she made the decision to join other families in her village and trek to neighbouring Somaliland. Putting the children on donkeys, Hawa and her villagers – all of them… Read more →←
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Remembering my mom:  Woki Munyui, UNICEF Somalia Education specialist

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On April 20 2015, a suicide bomber blew himself up next a bus carrying staff from UNICEF Somalia in Garowe, Puntland. Four people were killed, including Woki Munyui who had been a champion of girls’ education in Somalia since 2007. Here her daughter Ivy Mokua shares memories of her late mother, and how she has been dealing with the… Read more →←
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Never look back: former child soldiers crafting new lives

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Seventeen-year-old Abdi, in the blue overalls of an electrician trainee, is fixing the red and blue electrical wires hooked onto a wooden board. Not far away, one of his fellow trainees has climbed a ladder to check on the florescent light to which Abdi’s wires are connected: It won’t light up. “I used to be brave – a lion –… Read more →←
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Hunger still stalks Somali children

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With so much the world focused on war, terrorism and the plight of a seemingly endless stream of refugees, it is no surprise that the plight of Somali children has been largely forgotten. The last time the country was heavily featured in news headlines was nearly five years ago, when failed rains and failed politics led to famine. By the… Read more →←

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