Antonio Guterres, the head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), stated “I have no doubt that in today’s world, Somalia corresponds to the worst humanitarian disaster. I have never seen… people coming in such desperate conditions.” (UN: Somalia). Civil War broke out in Somalia and caused the Somalis to flee. Some spend weeks in the scorching sunlight with temperatures as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit. They bring little to nothing on their backs as they travel, most by foot, hoping to find a place to stay, or rather hide from the real world crisis they are forced to deal with. Each morning more refugees show up trying to get into the camp, to live in the camp they must be registered through UNHCR which doesn’t happen in
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There are countless contributing factors as to why this is such a problem from lack of clean water to food shortages, but lets be real the initial cause of it all started when the Civil War broke out leaving tens of thousands homeless. It’s a butterfly effect: it started with the war, which in turn led to the fleeing of Somalia. (Since the Somalis have left their homeland for the reason of war, they are now considered ‘refugees.’) Clearly, there wasn’t time to grab much of anything; this was the start of a journey to malnutrition. It becomes a life or death situation when those on the run go days on end without food or drink, and an even bigger ordeal when a drought happens to occur in the middle of it all. There’s nowhere to go, Dadaab has exceeded its maximum capacity thanks to the cause of war, and just another reason why malnutrition levels are so high. As if malnutrition wasn’t enough, a recent cholera outbreak has been discovered. Cholera can be spread through food or water, usually occurs with poor hygiene, and is suspected to be a problem due to improper sanitization and a lack of
There are countless contributing factors as to why this is such a problem from lack of clean water to food shortages, but lets be real the initial cause of it all started when the Civil War broke out leaving tens of thousands homeless. It’s a butterfly effect: it started with the war, which in turn led to the fleeing of Somalia. (Since the Somalis have left their homeland for the reason of war, they are now considered ‘refugees.’) Clearly, there wasn’t time to grab much of anything; this was the start of a journey to malnutrition. It becomes a life or death situation when those on the run go days on end without food or drink, and an even bigger ordeal when a drought happens to occur in the middle of it all. There’s nowhere to go, Dadaab has exceeded its maximum capacity thanks to the cause of war, and just another reason why malnutrition levels are so high. As if malnutrition wasn’t enough, a recent cholera outbreak has been discovered. Cholera can be spread through food or water, usually occurs with poor hygiene, and is suspected to be a problem due to improper sanitization and a lack of