Somalia

Sahra Osman waiting to get special food for baby Anas.

Copyright: WFP/David Orr

Taking On Malnutrition In Somalia's Deep South

Somalia's food insecurity has eased, according to a new report by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network. But, as a visit by WFP to Kismayo demonstrates, acute malnutrition remains alarmingly high, particularly among children.
 

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Overview

Gripped by drought and racked by conflict for 20 years, Somalia is perhaps the most challenging environment in the world for humanitarian operations. Nonetheless, since famine was declared by the FSNAU and FEWS NET in July 2011, WFP has scaled up its operations and reached 1.5 million vulnerable people, many of them women and children. WFP has been working in Puntland, Somaliland, central regions and Mogadishu, as well as in border areas of the south.

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Country at a glance 2013
Planned Beneficiaries1,560,002
Beneficiary needs (mt)151,122
Beneficiary needs ($US)300,681,570
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