The face of the crisis in Africa
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July 28, 2011, 2:14 pm
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Seven-month-old Mihag Gedi Farah was just hours away from death when his mother brought him to an aid camp in Dadaab, Kenya.
Mihag's mother embarked on a desperate mission to find aid after all her family's sheep and cattle died, walking for a week before she made it to the field hospital of the International Rescue Committee.
The baby boy, who weighed just 3.4kg when he arrived at the camp, now has only a 50/50 chance of surviving, doctors have said.
The startling image of the emaciated young Kenyan has become a reminder of the hardships faced by people in Africa.
Europe's humanitarian aid commissioner has told of the "heartbreaking" scenes in Somalia and Kenya.
Parts of the Horn of Africa are plagued with disease and starvation, and the UN has declared famine two pockets of Somalia and has warned of it spreading.
$41.15 million of additional aid has been sent to the region by the European Union, which will also provide another $88.81 million this year.
The plight of millions of Africans has worsened in recent times, with the worst drought in 60 years hitting regions of Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Uganda.
Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva warned of the desperate need of additional assistance in what she described as a “very, very dramatic emergency”.
Where you can donate
Several aid organisations based in Australia have launched appeals for donations to help the people of East Africa.
Donated money goes towards providing health care, food, water, sanitation and refugee assistance and protection.
Many organisations are already on the ground in East Africa, including UNHCR, CARE, The Red Cross and Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Most donations are tax deductible. Information about how your donation is spent can be found on most organisations’ websites.
Unicef Australia East Africa Emergency Appeal
Oxfam East Africa Food Crisis Appeal
Red Cross East Africa Drought Appeal
Care Australia East Africa Drought Crisis Appeal
Australia for UNHCR East Africa Crisis Appeal
Anglicord East Africa Drought Relief Appeal
Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia
Many Somalian refugees are fleeing to Kenya and Ethioia, and the two countries are struggling to cope with the influx.
“Let’s not forget, once they cross these borders, they turn into refugees who may never return and they are creating tremendous pressure on resources in these countries in very harsh parts of Kenya and Ethiopia,” Ms Georgieva said .
Some families had walked up to 30 days to try and reach the Ethiopian border, Ms Georgieva said. Many also make long journeys to Somalia's capital of Mogadishu in search of aid at the newly created camp there.
"Over the past month, UNHCR figures show that nearly 40,000 Somalis displaced by drought and famine have converged on Mogadishu in search of food, water, shelter and other assistance," said Vivian Tan, spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
"A further 30,000 have arrived at settlements around Mogadishu.
"In total, it is estimated that Mogadishu has received up to 100,000 internally displaced people over the last two months. The daily numbers are still around 1000 in July," Ms Tan said.
Local fighting has made the distribution of food more difficult for welfare workers.
At an emergency meeting on the Horn Africa drought in Rome Monday, officials said the UN had received about $US1 billion ($924.56 million) since first launching an appeal for the region in November 2010 but needs a billion more by the end of the year to cope with the emergency.
The World Bank on Monday pledged more than $500 million, with the bulk of the money set to go towards long-term projects to aid livestock farmers while $12 million would be for immediate assistance to those worst hit by the crisis.
However charities have slammed low aid pledges and say not enough is being done.
Aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned in a statement on Tuesday that the situation remains dire for more than 387,000 mainly Somali refugees now in the Dadaab camp complex in eastern Kenya.
Thousands of refugees continue to arrive but are not receiving basic support, MSF said.
"Whilst many of these refugees remain on the outskirts of the camps they are still not receiving adequate assistance," MSF said in a statement.
"Delays in registration and access to food, water and shelter are tipping them over the edge."
The WFP flights will be carrying around 14 metric tonnes of high energy food aimed to combat malnutrition, especially for children.
Flights will also go to the Ethiopian town of Dolo on the border with Somalia and to the town of Wajir in northern Kenya.
Other organisations have already made relief deliveries, with the UN children's agency airlifting five tonnes of aid into rebel-held part of southern Somalia earlier this month.
The International Red Cross on Sunday said it had handed out 400 tonnes of food in drought-hit areas controlled by the hardline Shebab insurgents, the first ICRC-led drops into such areas since 2009.
The WFP was forced to pull out of southern Somalia last year after a series of threats and curbs on its operations from Shebab rebels, but it has continued to operate in Mogadishu and central and northern regions of the war-torn country.
In Mogadishu alone, WFP assists approximately 300,000 people and it has been scaling up operations with three new centres to feed the large numbers of internally displaced people flooding into the city from the south.
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7Thumbs UpThumbs Down9Steve H03:37pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
That is so distressing . Some really do it tough!
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33Thumbs UpThumbs Down7Sydney03:38pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
If they would have had petrol, all the world would have "helped" them.
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11Thumbs UpThumbs Down1Red260z03:39pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
This is where desal plants need to be built. Help them to save themselves and secure a water supply! Poor things. War and greed and drought. What hope have they got?
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85Thumbs UpThumbs Down101Katie03:42pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
For god sake stop having children, they dont ask to be bought into the world and your starving them, these mothers know @#$% well that they cant feed these children and yet they still keep breeding!Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show
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3Thumbs UpThumbs Down1glenda03:42pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
this is just sad.
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36Thumbs UpThumbs Down6Troy03:43pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
i would except 10,000000 of these refugees into australia today b4 i would except 1 elegal boat person this is terrible the governments have much 2 answer 4
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21Thumbs UpThumbs Down6The showman03:44pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
I would rather look after these poor people any day of the week, they really need our help. Rather than these boats full of who knows come here.
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5Thumbs UpThumbs Down5flamingturd03:45pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
blame Muzzie insurgents crippling their government!!
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7Thumbs UpThumbs Down3Snidery Mark03:45pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Poor kid, but why would you wanna bring a child into that environment?
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40Thumbs UpThumbs Down21Sally03:46pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
My heart breaks when i see these starving babies, but why do the parents keep breeding???? You don't have a baby if you can't afford to feed it. Birth Control should be first on the agenda for these women and the aid workers in Africa should make it a priority to ensure the females have access to it.
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0Thumbs UpThumbs Down1*JL*03:47pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Troy, you are using the wrong word. Except means those will be the ones not allowed. You mean accept.
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4Thumbs UpThumbs Down7Oliver Beer03:49pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Give them Contraceptives in their water so they stop breeding. These poor children are victims of stupid parents.
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4Thumbs UpThumbs Down3melissa03:54pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
interesting how world vision has been using these people to get donations for years and years yet they are still starving WHERE IS THE MONEY??????????? one of the top five things they should be given is sex education and contraception. They dont have the right to bring more humans into the world until they can feed themselves first, its not our problem........... and for all those who feel sorry for them stop and think about all the judgement teen mums get in our own country for having...
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1Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Fanny Macfackanaback03:54pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
don't interfere with evolution!
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1Thumbs UpThumbs Down0michael03:54pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
That is Africa, The African continent is abundant with wealth and have the resources to feed and care for every human on the continent. But then you add the borders seperating the countries, the tribal segregation and more than a handful of despots and you get starving babies and refugees...
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0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Cherylyn03:54pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
it is really sad to see such young children suffer...But my question is why do they keep having children knowing all this is happening..
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3Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Lord Ian of Glencoe03:55pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Somalia has no government ! That's the problem here , it's run by rebels ! The poor are just rats to them ! We need to attack the problem at the source ! A pity the UN has as much power as a wet fish !!
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3Thumbs UpThumbs Down2BLOWN803:55pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
its very sad but charity starts at home. lets get our own country into shape before we offer too much help to others. and theres no room left here to offer them because of all the illigal imagrants already here. its a sad sad world we live in. the people who do the right thing get a slap around the face and all the evil people get what they want by any means possible.
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4Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Cathy03:56pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
The poor children, my son just complained because I wouldn't let him have ice-cream this afternoon, we are so spoilt here and we don't even know it.
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7Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Ramon Angeloni03:56pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
How baby could we feed with the billions that are spent on senseless wars that kill and solve nothing
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7Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Ramon Angeloni03:56pm Thursday 28th July 2011 ESTReport Abuse
How baby could we feed with the billions that are spent on senseless wars that kill and solve nothing
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