Somalia Hunger Appeal

In Somalia, a hunger crisis that has left millions of people - including young children - at risk of starvation continues to worsen.

Decades of instability, failed harvests and violent competition over scarce resources have made life more and more difficulty for people in Somalia.

Now, with severe and unexpected cuts to international aid, life-saving programmes in the country are seriously underfunded and health centres will no longer be able to operate without urgent support from donors like you.

By donating today, your support will mean that emergency therapeutic food can go to children who are facing life-threatening malnutrition. 

There is no time to lose. 

We recently met Hoodo* and her eight-month-old daughter Mulki*, who lived in a small village in Somalia.

When Hoodo was pregnant with her fifth child, her husband was killed by armed men at his farm. Life in the community had become treacherous, not least due to the effects of the climate crisis.

Hoodo was unable to care for her family, so she made the tough journey to Mogadishu with her children.

She and her children travelled hundreds of miles.

"One of my children was carried by my oldest child, and I carried Mulki while the other children walked with us," Hoodo tells us. 

They arrived at a camp in Mogadishu, and Mulki became ill. As her small child suffered with vomiting and diarrhoea, Hoodo became desperate. She could not afford treatment but, luckily, the camp was visited by health workers from Concern.

"They tested Mulki, gave us medication, and provided us with food for her," adds Hoodo. Slowly, Mulki’s health improved, and she began to put on weight. 

“Now she is happy, playing... no vomiting, no diarrhoea.” 

By donating today, you are saving lives.

By the end of 2024, more than 7.1 million Somalis were facing crisis levels of food insecurity - that's over 45% of the entire population of Africa's easternmost country.

Nearly half of all children in Somalia are suffering from malnutrition and many are at risk of death without treatment.

Your support means that children in Somalia that are suffering from malnutrition will receive life-saving emergency treatment and therapeutic food. 

You can help children just like Mulki to become well again, and to bring happiness to the lives of people who have gone through the toughest of times.

*Names have been changed