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Somalia: Looming famine exacerbates TB epidemic as 5 million face starvation

International children’s charity World Vision has today issued a stark warning that hundreds of thousands of children in Somalia are facing a health crisis and starvation as a result of the continued drought and conflict.
that hundreds of thousands of children in Somalia are facing a health crisis and starvation as … World Vision Somalia’s national … crisis in Somalia risks sliding into yet another famine unless

To decrease the burden of Tuberculosis in Somalia

World Refugee Day: Africa reels under refugee crisis as World Vision warns that closure of Dadaab camp will trigger new migrants wave

Shutting the world’s largest refugee camp could unleash a new wave of human migration across North Africa and Europe, according to World Vision UK.
Somalia is facing immense food shortages and an … to Europe. More than a quarter has come from Somalia and other

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I almost lost my childhood in Somalia

14-year-old Fartun, began her life as a refugee in January 2009, when she was just eight years old. Six years on, she tells us about the fighting in Somalia that forced her family to flee to Kakuma refugee camp in neighbouring Kenya, and describes the transition to life as a refugee.
she tells us about the fighting in Somalia that forced her family to flee to Kakuma … was born in a city called Mogadishu in Somalia. Life in the city was good for me. I used to

World Vision calls for more political commitment to resolve conflicts at Conservative Party Conference

World Vision calls for more political commitment to resolve conflicts as charity hosts fringe event at conference.

World Vision calls for new approach to respond to protracted conflicts

World Vision calls for new approach to respond to protracted conflicts at Labour Conference.

Engaging youth for change

Ahead of the DFID summit on the Sustainable Development Goals this weekend, Child Rights Policy Officer Madeleine Askham explains how workshops helping youth to recognise barriers that are holding them back, can become key drivers that challenge inequality and lack of opportunity.
projects in countries like Nepal or Somalia. Young people take part in an exercise where

Record-high displaced figures are "wake-up call" for world leaders

World Vision UK is today calling for increased support for child refugees, as new figures show over 29 million children have been displaced worldwide.

Seeing real change in Ethiopia

This February, World Vision Policy and Programmes Director David Westwood took a plane with Public Engagement Director Mathew Neville to visit just some of the people who have experienced the changes of sponsorship over the past few decades.
to refugee camps on the borders of Somalia and South

Somali lifeline under threat

World Vision and aid agencies express concern at closure of Money Remittance Providers in Kenya.
billion to Somalia to support families and friends. This … Somalia remains in the grips of crisis and one out … receive money. Aid agencies working in Somalia also risk losing their only means of

New Deal: View from Somalia

Ibrahim Eid is a both a farmer and a pastoralist as well as being chairman of his local village in south central Somalia.
of his local village in south central Somalia. … as New Deal donors and the Somalia government prepare to meet in Copenhagen to … of quality basic services. World Vision Somalia’s Senior Policy

South Sudan escapes official famine, but even without a name hunger still kills

South Sudan's food insecurity hasn't worsened to the point of famine, but situation is still very dire.
dead in the 2011 Somalia

The pursuit of an ideal

This Sunday is International Day of Peace, a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. Senior Conflict Adviser Sarah Pickwick reflects that we still have some way to go before ideals become a reality for children around the world.
back into conflict in December of last year. Somalia has been in a constant state of conflict and

World Humanitarian Day: Remembering Lives Given To Bring Others Hope

Johan Eldebo has visited many of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. In today's blog he shares why marking World Humanitarian Day means so much to him and to the people to whom each and every humanitarian worker brings hope in all that they do.
Somalia and Pakistan. But it does not need to be

Somalia

Somalia Geography … people Somalia sits in the easternmost area of … Ethiopia and Kenya. Deserts cover most of Somalia’s northern … centre and fertile cropland in the south. Somalia’s four seasons alternate between rainy and

World Vision helps fight TB in Somaliland

World Vision has partnered with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Somaliland government, and other agencies to establish the first specialised treatment centre for multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
World Vision Somalia country … Vision started tuberculosis treatment in Somalia in 2004 and now over … people in Somalia have received this treatment. Despite this

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Polio outbreak in Somalia is symptom of global health inequality

Millions of the world’s most vulnerable children are falling through the cracks, even as child deaths are declining globally, warns World Vision.
but children in fragile states like Somalia are still susceptible. … polio emergency response manager in Somalia. … is a clear indicator that health services in Somalia are almost

Barclays urged to scrap plans to cut Somali lifeline

Aid agencies today called on Barclay's Bank to scrap plans to sever money transfer accounts tomorrow that could deprive many thousands of poor families in Somalia of cash sent by loved ones from abroad.
deprive many thousands of poor families in Somalia of cash sent by loved ones from abroad. … and families. Total global remittances to Somalia are approximately