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Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother and her children wait in line to be registered at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: women and children wait in line to be registered at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother and her child wait in line to be registered at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother and her child wait in line to be registered at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother eats WFP-provided high energy biscuits at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother eats WFP-provided high energy biscuits at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: WFP Mogadishu Programme Director, Emmanuel Bigenimana, plays with a young boy at a SCOPE registration centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a woman registers her fingerprint on WFP's SCOPE system in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother feeds her child WFP-provided high energy biscuits and juice at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother feeds her child WFP-provided high energy biscuits and juice at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother feeds her child WFP-provided high energy biscuits and juice at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

Somalia, Mogadishu, 07 March 2017

After a gradual recovery from the food insecurity and famine of 2011, Somalia’s food security is once again under threat. The situation is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels.These have resulted in near total crop failures, reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture – with consequent increases in livestock deaths. As local staple food prices continue to rise sharply and livestock prices decrease significantly, access to food is rapidly diminishing among poor families.

As of January 2017, close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements today and require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another 3.3 million Somalis need livelihood support to keep from sliding into crisis. An estimated 363,000 children under age 5 are acutely malnourished, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.

WFP works in Somalia to address basic food needs, strengthen coping mechanisms and support efforts to achieve food security. We reached 1.8 million vulnerable people in 2016, via programmes ranging from emergency relief to activities designed to build resilience to future disasters, such as floods and drought. WFP provides assistance using a combination of cash-based transfers and food rations, as well as supporting communities to create assets that will strengthen their livelihoods and ability to withstand crises.

Supporting longer-term resilience in Somalia, WFP also works with other UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNICEF – on a joint strategy designed to enhance families’ access to income, improve health, nutrition, education, safety and skills, and provide assistance during times of need.

In the photo: a mother feeds her child WFP-provided high energy biscuits and juice at a WFP SCOPE centre in Mogadishu, where there has been a significant influx of people affected by the drought who are seeking food assistance.

Photo: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

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