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Faria says she wants to become a teacher when she grows up.

02 November 2022

Children access education for the first time in their lives

Rural out-of-school children now displaced by drought are finally able to learn.

Khadijo sits with her daughter Sabirin, outside their makeshift house in the Gurman IDP camp.

23 October 2022

“There is no place to go back to.”

Khadijo’s story of finding a way to keep her children alive

USAID-funded and UNICEF-installed borehole helps water problem in Ainabo town

22 September 2022

In Somaliland, water offers a lifeline for communities

The worst drought in decades continues

A young girl collects water from a pump in a make shift IDP camp in Dollow, Somalia.

Joint FAO-OCHA-UNICEF-WFP Statement on the Drought Emergency in Somalia

Somalia is facing famine conditions as a perfect storm of poor rain, skyrocketing food prices and huge funding shortfalls leaves almost 40 per cent of Somalis on the brink.

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16 February 2022

Drought forces families to flee their homes in Somaliland

Desperate families are migrating in droves in search of food, water, and pasture for their weakened animals.

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Children in Somalia at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis - UNICEF

For the first time, UNICEF ranks countries based on children’s exposure and vulnerability to climate and environmental shocks, with Somali children the world’s 4th most vulnerable.