Gale's Famine In Somalia

I feel us as a community and state we need to help the people of Somalia with their famine, which makes life a struggle for them. Us as a community are very healthful and wealthy compared to them. Helping them would keep their country alive, along with their gratitude for us. I am writing to you this day to get people more informed on this issue in Somalia, which has been present for quite some time, and to help the people Somalia by donating money to buy food for them. Me as a person, want to give all people a good life. But, most people, cannot get this life. We as Americans have been granted with this wealthy and healthy life. For the people in Somalia, they are struggling to survive in the brink of this famine, leaving many starving. This struggle they …show more content…
This famine in Somalia is wiping out many of their people and causing this country to fall out of its already failing state. This country is already failing by itself, and with this famine, it is destroying them. As stated in Gale’s “Famine in Somalia”,”In 1991, a revolt against Somalia's longtime dictator, Siad Barre, left the country without a formal government. Rebels in the northwestern region of Somalia, known as Somaliland, declared their territory as an independent state soon after, leading to a drawn-out civil war that has yet to be resolved.” This describes the two reasons why this country is failing. First, that the country was left without a government, and second that the civil war between them and Somaliland has left them at war for a long time. This famine has been caused by a number of different factors. As stated by a UN Expert in