The Zakat Foundation of America

Somalia

After more than a decade of civil war, coupled with the collapse of basic public health, education, water and agricultural systems, the Somali population is trapped in an extremely desperate humanitarian situation. Food security is threatened by prolonged drought and the rise of food costs. Hundreds of thousands of people rely on foreign aid to survive, but security threats have limited much of this assistance.

The increase of armed groups and insecurity of the regions of South-Central Somalia has been the cause of thousands of civilian casualties as well as the displacement of thousands of people.

Aid Somali Refugee Women in Kenya

Massive amounts of violence and social instability within Somalia have caused many people to flee the country at any cost. In the year 2008 alone, approximately 60,000 Somalis crossed into Kenya to escape the turmoil of their country. When young Somali girls arrive to Kenya, a country which borders Somalia to the west, they are often without family and cut… continue reading »