We rarely publish re-posts on our blog. This press release from Oxfam America on critical action needed in Somali is a justified exception. Minnesota's vibrant Somali community knows these horrors first-hand, and we stand with them and Oxfam America in calling for change.
Oxfam warns that entire generation of Somali children at risk
Jun 16, 2010
Oxfam alerts international community to the plight of 240,000 Somali children struggling to survive malnutrition and disease on African Children’s Day
NAIROBI – In observance of the Day of the African Child, Oxfam urges the international community to act now to save the lives of almost a quarter million children in Somalia threatened by conflict, malnutrition and disease. One generation has already suffered immensely since the country collapsed 19 years ago. Somalia cannot afford for another to be lost.
Escalating conflict is compounding an already disastrous humanitarian situation. Since the beginning of the year, 200,000 people have fled the worsening violence in the country, particularly in the capital, Mogadishu. Such forced displacement exacerbates already poor sanitary conditions, insufficient clean water, and lack of access to healthcare and food. The resulting acute malnutrition and disease are killing more Somali children... Click here to read the complete press release.
