Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Current Events #2

Title of Article: East African Famine 2011 (Somalia) http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/famine/index.html

This Article is about how Somalia was struck during the Summer of 2011 by one of the worst droughts in 60 years. In Somalia, a conflict caused a depletion of food supplies over decades to Somalia. The drought hit with a particulary devestating impact. This drought has caused tens of thousands of of Somalis to die of malnutrition-related causes. Approximately 3 million Somalis are in urgent need of aid and more than 10 million are at risk. This is horrible. There are so many people dying and losing people because they do not have food to eat, this is causing Somalians to flee to Kenya and Etheopia for help although people in Kenya and Etheopia are in need of supplies.

To help reduce this issue more people should donate food for Somalis. The emergency care should give food to Somalis so that they can survive and live. The groups that can affect change are the local government and the international community. They can affect change by giving food supplies to the Somalis so the death toll can decrease.