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Adey Mohamed Nur, Somalia "It will be very difficult to survive with no rains"

[Somalia] Adey Mohamed Nur, who abandoned her village with her two children, as a result of drought in Bakool region. [Date picture taken: 01/28/2006] Derk Segaar/IRIN
The drought in Somalia has spread to areas previously not drought-prone, displacing thousands of families (file photo)
    Isdorto

    Isdorto village, My name is Adey Mohamed Nur. I’m 20 years old and a widow with two children.

    I have been admitted to the supplementary feeding programme in Isdorto [in the Bakol region, southern Somalia], because my 10-month-old daughter Rachema is ill from malnutrition.

    I had reduced milk, and one month ago Rachema stopped breast-feeding and had continuous diarrhoea. My other child is sick, too, but Rachema is worse.

    Our main source of food in Burdenhunle [a village 14 km from Isdorto] is agriculture, but we haven’t had a harvest for two years and now we have no grain reserves left.

    A lot of my friends have children in the same condition, and some of them are here [at the supplementary feeding centre], too.

    It will be very difficult to survive with no rains to come over the coming months.

    (Mushlima Washame Ahmed - friend)

    The situation in my village is very bad. We had no harvest for the past few years and we sold our animals, but the price was very low.

    Now I have nothing left and food support is the only way to stay alive. Surviving is very difficult and only Allah knows what will happen.

    My child is dependent on what I eat, and I'm not eating anything.

    Those who can work or travel will leave. The others will stay, and many will die.

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