{"id":10697,"date":"2022-08-05T22:12:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T22:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=10697"},"modified":"2022-08-14T08:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T08:17:05","slug":"fao-appeals-for-over-130m-to-assist-882k-people-across-drought-hit-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2022\/08\/05\/fao-appeals-for-over-130m-to-assist-882k-people-across-drought-hit-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO appeals for over $130M to assist 882K people across drought-hit Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — <\/strong>The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) office in Somalia said on Friday that it urgently required $131.4 million to assist 882,000 people across the Horn of Africa country.<\/p>\n

“Funding levels remain low across sectors,” the UN agency said in a statement, adding that its famine prevention efforts covering 55 of Somalia’s 90 districts were only 46% funded.<\/p>\n

Voicing concern on the drought situation in Somalia, it underlined the vulnerability of the households that have been affected by it.<\/p>\n

“We cannot wait for famine to be declared; we must act now to safeguard livelihoods and lives,” FOA said<\/p>\n

With agriculture accounting for up to 60% of Somalia’s national income, 80% of its employment, and 90% of its exports, it is vital that efforts related to the sector are seen as part of a frontline humanitarian response.<\/p>\n

More than 900,000 people in Somalia, mostly living in rural areas, have moved to internally displaced persons camps since January 2021 due to the drought and lack of livelihood support.<\/p>\n

According to UN Children Fund, more than 500 children died in Somalia since January due to drought-related malnutrition.<\/p>\n

More than 7 million Somalis have been affected by the drought, according to the UN.<\/p>\n

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MOGADISHU — The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) office in Somalia said on Friday that it urgently required $131.4 million to assist 882,000 people across the Horn of Africa country. “Funding levels remain low across sectors,” the UN agency said in a statement, adding that its famine prevention efforts covering 55 of Somalia’s 90 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-food-security-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t