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FAMINE IN SOMALIA: A CHILDREN'S CRISIS

Massive humanitarian response to Somalia famine has saved children’s lives (NEW!)

Emergency education survey completed; 13% of Somali students receiving food assistance in schools

UNICEF and partners race to prevent second wave of death in the Horn of Africa 

Massive push to protect populations from malaria in Somalia's central south regions 

Food voucher and cash transfer programme for children and families in southern Somalia 

 

   

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How simple repairs to a water pump brought life back to a drought-hit Somali community (NEW!)

Simple rules of hygiene help reduce malnutrition among Somali children (NEW!)

Somalia’s war refugees return home to help build the basics of a national education system (NEW!)

Measles infection rates on the decline after successful vaccination campaign in Somalia (NEW!)

Somali journalists attend workshop to focus on humanitarian reporting 

Long-awaited rains cause further displacement and child deaths in Mogadishu 

 

  

 Measles infection rates on the decline after successful vaccination campaign (NEW!)

Photo essay: Long-awaited rains cause further displacement in Somalia

 UNICEF sends in experts to prevent cholera epidemic in Somalia 

 UNICEF combats measles in overcrowded displacement camps in Somalia 

 School is a lifeline for children displaced by famine and conflict in Somalia 


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