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    Severe droughts are stifling northern Somalia and forecasts of little rain this year will make things worse, particularly in northern Somalia where people are dependent on livestock for food, the United Nations recently said.

    On March 31, Peter de Clercq, U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, appealed for $105 million in aid to provide life-saving assistance to nearly 2 million people affected by the severe drought in the autonomous regions of Somaliland and Puntland. The funding would help the country’s malnourished through September, he said.

    “Without access to emergency health services, water and sanitation, thousands of people could face death due to preventable causes,” he said in a statement. “The time to fund is now, to come back from the tipping point, avoid a greater crisis and avert loss of lives.”

    The water shortage also reduces grasses for livestock and makes the animals more susceptible to disease. The loss of livestock means the loss of a means of income to support their families. Photography by Sebastian Rich for UNICEF

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  • A young boy with the family donkey.
    A young boy with the family donkey.
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  • The family goat herd decimated
    The family goat herd decimated.
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  • The family goat herd decimated
    The family goat herd decimated
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  • Desperate without water ~ a mother with her newborn
    Desperate without water ~ a mother with her newborn
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  • The intense heat creates dust storms
    The intense heat creates dust storms
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  • Born into drought
    Born into drought
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  • Desperate in the drought
    Desperate in the drought
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  • Walking 40klms to find water
    Walking 40klms to find water
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  • UNICEF 'Walk in clinic'
    UNICEF 'Walk in clinic'
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  • UNICEF 'Walk in clinic'
    UNICEF 'Walk in clinic'
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  • Feeding the malnourished
    Feeding the malnourished
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