Najma, 11, has been displaced from her home in Somaliland
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Photographer
Matthew Kisa (Plan staff)
Photo Credit
Plan International
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Country
Somalia
Orientation
Landscape
Programmes
Disasters, Food Security
Subject
Nutrition
Filename
202102-SOM-17.JPG
Rating
4
Date
06 February 22
Copyright
Plan International
Library Number
LN22026
Caption
Following three failed rainy seasons and some of the lowest rainfall in 40 years, Somalia’s escalating drought is creating a massive displacement crisis in the country. A quarter of a million people have had no option but to leave their homes in the past year, facing life-threatening water and food shortages.
“Life stopped when the drought started,” says Najma, 11, who lives with her mother and three siblings in a displacement camp after being forced to leave their village. “We used to have 300 goats and sheep, but now we only have 30. The situation is really bad. People are hungry and have water shortages. It makes me feel sad,” she tells us.
Najma says the crisis is worse for girls. “Even if girls are hungry, we only eat leftovers, if there is any left. The younger children eat first... Mothers do the same thing, only eating their children’s leftovers. It affects girls in different ways. Their bodies become malnourished and you can see it from their appearance.”