QaxootiWaaxid wrote:NIGGA FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR LAME ASS DIASPORA VULTURES
A BUNCH OF CRIMINALS AND THIEVES COOLING LIKE THEY'RE IN HEAVEN WHILE MILLIONS STARVE AND DIE AROUND THEM
FOH BITCH NIGGA
Why are you acting like Somalis are not doing something about the problem? as we Speak both the locals and diaspora are busting their ass to solve crisis of drought. Do you think the issue will solve itself by you screaming at it and cussing all over the place.
While you are on your ass infront of computer Insulting people accusing them, Somalis from the diaspora out there offering relief assistance and awarness. YOU NON-CONTRIBUTING SACK OF SHIT!!
SOMALIS STEPPING UP LOCALLY TO HELP FAMILIES WORST HIT BY THE DROUGHT
https://radioergo.org/en/blog.php?article_id=2555
(ERGO) - Somalis across the country and in the diaspora have stepped up their efforts to assist some of the families most badly affected by the ongoing drought.
Five million Somalis do not have enough food, according to the United Nations, and the response from international donors has been slow.
Local volunteer groups have organized response activities in regions including Awdal, Gedo, Nugal, Togdheer, Sool, Sanag, Bari, Waqooyi Galbeed. Regional and more local level committes have been formed to assess needs, share findings, raise funds and deliver food, water, cash and clothes to those in need. The following is a glimpse at some of these activities ongoing in parts of the country.
Togdheer
Togdheer regional drought committee has been raising awareness in the streets and markets of the main city Burao using vehicles fitted with loudspeakers, encouraging people to give what they can to support their brothers and sisters affected by the drought. Ahmed Hirsi Mohamud, the committee treasurer, told Radio Ergo that businesses such as telecommunications and money transfer companies, small traders, local families and the Somali diaspora community have been contributing to the fundraising drives carried out daily.
“We normally ask everyone to contribute what they can. This kind of assistance can at least do something, but still it cannot cover for all the needs of the drought victims. The bottom line is that those who are better off should help those who are in need,” Ahmed said. “We cannot help everyone but the little we get goes to the most vulnerable people.”
On 3 November, the funds raised paid for 470 water trucks to supply water to many of the worst affected villages. On 30 November, the committee distributed 400 bags of rice to displaced families who lost their livestock in Ina-afmadobe village, 60 km south of Burao.
In Buhodle, 21 members of civil society, religious leaders, traditional elders and business people came together to raise $25,000. They bought food items and water for families in the surrounding villages who had lost livestock. A barrel of water has risen from 25,000 Somali shillings ($1) to 120,000 Somali shillings ($5). Around 100 poor families received water and ten more families were given food for a month.
Gedo
In mid-November a regional committee started initiatives to help families to save their remaining animals. Hire Dhirre Abdullahi, head of the committee, told Radio Ergo they used funds raised from local people to assist 1,200 families and 380,000 livestock in 46 villages in Garbaharey, Beled-hawo, Luq and Dolow districts.
“Our efforts are just rescue missions and if it does not rain or if there is no international humanitarian response, then I am worried that the situation will get to a point where nothing can be done,” he said.
However, Gedo has been hit hard by the drought and this is affecting everybody to a greater or lesser extent. Hire noted that the people in towns currently giving small change from their pockets to help were also affected by the drought and would not be able to sustain their support to others for long.
Sool
The drought committee has focused on transporting people left stranded in the worst affected areas without pasture or water. Dr Ali Bullale Weyrah, a committee member, told Radio Ergo they had assisted 255 families who had been split up, with children and old people abandoned in remote areas in Sool and the southern parts of Sanag region. The families were moved to villages including Awr-bogeys and Hoso-weyn. The committee also distributed rice, flour, sugar, dates, oil and water to more than 14,000 families.
Sheikh Saed Adarre, a committee member, said they were targeting the areas where they heard distress stories. They had offered assistance to thousands of families who fled from Togdheer, Sanag, Bari and Nugal and flocked to Falidh-yale village near Lasanod, where the water and pasture was used up and people were left destitute.
Committee members walk through local markets with sacks asking for donations from gatherings in mosques and educational institutions. “The response to the drought has been big, this kind of activity is the best way to reach out. When you tell someone that you are fundraising to help people who are starving, people easily understand and relate and contribute,” Sheikh Saed said.
Nugal
Local radio stations have been broadcasting information about the extent of the drought and its impact and requesting donations from the public. According to Radio Ergo’s local reporter, the local media campaign has been effective. The drought committee in the region has been using the slogan “Skip one meal and feed a family” in their fundraising campaigns. Students in schools in Dangorayo district have been encouraged to bring food for a meal for one person from their homes, according to Mukhtar Abdirahman Ahmed, the mayor.
Water and food were distributed to 1,200 families who lost everything and migrated to Dangorayo and nearby villages. “We could not reach many places, but the most vulnerable people who are facing harsh conditions in Elbuh, Usgure, Danweyn, Baqbaq and many other places that I cannot name now received food assistance that can sustain them for a single night,” the mayor said.
