2011 East Africa drought

Among the hardest hit areas ( at least level 4 of the IPC scale) include the southeastern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya and many parts of central and southern Somalia. The Islamist Shabaab militia difficult humanitarian assistance especially in southern Somalia.

Somalia

The entire south of Somalia suffers from poor harvests and increasing outbreaks. A massive effort is needed to improve the food and health care in the short term. The transitional government of Somalia has provided U.S. $ 500,000 to provide the IDPs in Mogadishu with water, blankets and food. The Islamist al-Shabaab militia, which controls the highly affected by the famine south of the country, among other things, allowed aid to the local population since 2010 not to. Given the worrying development but have not altered parts of the organization in early July and asked their strategy development workers - " regardless of whether Muslim or non- Muslim" - for support. On July 22, a spokesman for al -Shabaab revised this decision. It refers to the classification of the position as famine as " absolute nonsense " and "pure propaganda " by the UN. UN agencies are ready to provide help if their safety and non-interference is ensured by the Islamists. The UN has already urgently needed via airlift delivered medical supplies, food and water. Medical packages in medicines to treat common childhood illnesses for up to 100,000 people are on the way. According to UNICEF, 3,000 cartons of nutritional supplements have already reached the heavily affected area to Qansahdhere. Other packages for the supply of 17,500 strong, and 21,000 moderately malnourished children were sent to Somalia on July 21.

Ethiopia

Water deliveries are currently seeking Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somali and Tigray. It is expected that more regions will require deliveries in the coming days and weeks. Priority water sources are being rehabilitated in Oromia. Previous efforts in Somali questioned the function of 90 % of the wells safely.

About 700,000 children and pregnant and lactating women require in addition to the emergency rations special dietary supplements. Nearly 160,000 children under 5 years need within the second half of medical treatment for acute malnutrition. In the first half of the year 153,000 children have already been treated.

More than 112,000 refugees from Somalia are currently in Dollo Ado ( Somali ). The three existing refugee camps in Bokolomanyo, Melkadida and Kobe are already full, so a fourth bearing is built and planned a fifth in Bora -amino in Hilowen. The priorities for the refugees food and health and sanitation, and shelter. The Ethiopian Authority for Refugees, UNHCR and WFP provide food. The NGO Save the Children provides children under 5 years with special supplements. Spanish Doctors Without Borders (MSF ) supports the food and health care. UNHCR and UNICEF are also planning a vaccination campaign. The International Rescue Committee and the Lutheran World Federation to help with the water and sanitation supply, the Norwegian Refugee Council represents 10,000 tents ready. Also supports the Agency for Technical Relief (THW ) with a team of the United Nations in the region around Dollo Ado.

UN agencies such as UNICEF, the World Food Programme, WFP and UNHCR need, according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon with Stand July 13, 2011 approximately 1.6 billion dollars ( 1.1 billion euros ) to the starving and at risk of epidemics People to help in Somalia and neighboring countries of Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Until then, however, was only half of the required money available.

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