{"id":5022,"date":"2020-05-08T20:23:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=5022"},"modified":"2020-05-09T12:45:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T12:45:56","slug":"idps-in-somalia-share-ramadan-meal-under-shadow-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2020\/05\/08\/idps-in-somalia-share-ramadan-meal-under-shadow-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"IDPs in Somalia share Ramadan meal under shadow of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — <\/strong>\u00a0In makeshift metal homes in a camp in Mogadishu, women wrapped in brightly patterned scarves are making savory pastries and mixing flour for flatbreads.<\/p>\n

They are preparing iftar, the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during Ramadan, which this year falls in the middle of a global pandemic.<\/p>\n

Social distancing and frequent handwashing to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus are difficult requests for people living at such close quarters and with poor sanitation.<\/p>\n

During Ramadan, when food prices rise, they become nigh on impossible. With cash growing even scarcer as the coronavirus outbreak cripples the economy, they are pooling what they have with neighbors in order to cobble together a communal meal.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs coronavirus broke out in the city and people are not going to work … we started collecting a half dollar, one dollar or two dollars\u201d from families for food, said resident Mohamed Warsame Hirsi.<\/p>\n

Somalia has 928 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Thursday, according to a Reuters tally based on government statements and WHO data. And with 44 deaths, it has the highest number of fatalities in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not have soap to clean our hands as the virus spreads,\u201d said Khadija Diriye, who also lives at the camp.<\/p>\n

People are praying for some respite, like Hassan Ibrahim, another resident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish Allah to give us good recovery from disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MOGADISHU — \u00a0In makeshift metal homes in a camp in Mogadishu, women wrapped in brightly patterned scarves are making savory pastries and mixing flour for flatbreads. They are preparing iftar, the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during Ramadan, which this year falls in the middle of a global pandemic. Social distancing and frequent …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,23,6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-cccm-cluster","category-displacement-and-asylum","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