MOGADISHU, SOMALIA, MARCH 7 2017. A Somali mother gives water to her child at a World Food Program humanitarian aid registration center in Mogadishu.
The United Nations office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the organisation responsible for coordinating and responding to global emergency responses now warns of nutrition assistance crisis of no response is offered to mitigate the imminent danger.
Over fifty thousand children are at risk of dying from severely acute malnourishment with out timely responses while other 250, 000 moderately acute malnourished children may not receive nutrition assistance without response, the emergency organisation days.
Calls for humanitarian needs in Somalia recently increased following floods that wrecked havoc in parts of Somalia that displaced thousands and isolated villages cutting access and transport services.
Without timely response:
➡️51K children will be at risk of dying & around 250K moderately acute malnourished children will not receive nutrition assistance. These children, if left unserved, will face potential severely acute malnourishment. #Somaliaresponse #Somaliahumresponse— OCHA Somalia (@OCHASom) May 30, 2021
