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Munira holds her 18-month-old baby, Malika, in front of a green and white wall.Munira holds her 18-month-old baby, Malika, in front of a green and white wall.

Help children in Somalia facing a hunger crisis

Giving £68 could help stock a clinic with vital medicines to treat up to 10 children

Every pound you donate will go towards supporting Concern’s work in Somalia and wherever the need is greatest

There is a hunger crisis growing in Somalia driven by climate change, conflict and coronavirus. Help us to reach more people with the urgent support they need to survive.

After years of unpredictable weather, crops destroyed by locust infestations, and now the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, 1.6 million people in Somalia are facing life-threatening levels of hunger. And, alarmingly, over a million more people are predicted to become hungry this year.

Right now, hundreds of thousands of children under five years old, like young Malika, aren’t getting enough nutrients to stay healthy. But support from people like you is helping us to reach them with essential, nutritious food and treatment.

Will you support our work to tackle hunger in Somalia and help children stay healthy?

Awaale is 1 1/2 years old. He's one of the lucky children who has access to this local medical centre.  Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide
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£34 could provide a four week course of therapeutic food to help two malnourished children
Mother Munira (28) with her 18 month old daughter Malika being seen by a Banadir Hospital Doctor. Malika became malnourished from acute diarrhoea.  Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide
Mother Munira (28) with her 18 month old daughter Malika being seen by a Banadir Hospital Doctor. Malika became malnourished from acute diarrhoea. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide

Hunger is an all-too-common threat to the youngest children in Somalia, like Malika. When she was just 18 months old, she became dangerously malnourished.

Thankfully, Malika’s mum, Munira, brought her to the Concern-supported Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu. Our staff gave her the emergency therapeutic food she needed to regain her strength and return to health.

Four ways your donation can help tackle the hunger crisis in Somalia

How your donation is used

81.9%
Overseas programmes

Almost 82 pence in every pound donated goes towards our emergency response and long-term development programmes, working together with people living in the most difficult situations to bring about lasting change to lives, livelihoods and communities.

Asma Begum (37) and her husband Abdul with their three daughters Lamia (18), Sadia (16) and Maria (5) and their grandmother Kulsum Begum (72) started CRAAIN in 2020. Asma Begum started as a lead farmer, received training and seeds. Before, she did agri activities but wasn’t very successful. She had received one ring composter from the local gov but no training on how to use it. As a lead farmer, she has supported 400 households in this area. She used to rely on her husband but is now totally reliable.
  • 14.2%

    Fundraising

    This is money we spend to raise more funds for our overseas work.

  • 3.5%

    Policy, advocacy and campaigns

    We invest money to campaign, lobby governments, run petitions and put pressure on decision-makers to tackle the underlying causes of extreme poverty and push for change.

  • 0.4%

    Governance

    These are funds we spend to ensure that Concern is compliant and adheres to the highest standards.

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M. Mooge IDP campe near the Hargeisa Airport.  Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide

Help tackle the hunger crisis in Somalia

  • £34 could provide a four week course of therapeutic food to help two malnourished children

  • 1.6 million people in Somalia are facing life-threatening levels of hunger

  • In 2020, we supported more than 620,000 people extremely vulnerable people

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