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PWS&D Increases Response in East Africa

As famine and drought continues to spread across countries in the Horn of Africa, PWS&D is increasing its response to this crisis by working through the ACT Alliance to support Somali refugees arriving at the ACT-run Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya.

More than 3.7 million Somalis—50% of the population—are in need of humanitarian assistance and struggling with extremely high rates of malnutrition. Across the country, crops have failed, a substantial proportion of livestock have died and local food prices have skyrocketed.

According to the United Nations, an average of 1,300 new Somali refugees arrive each day at Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, in search of food and water. Many of these families have walked up to 1,000 km in order to receive assistance, and 55% of children are immediately admitted to therapeutic feeding centres for treatment for malnourishment.

In response to this humanitarian crisis, PWS&D is helping provide desperately needed food, water, shelter, clothing, hygiene kits and psychosocial support to 300,000 refugees at the camp and 10,000 host community members. Emergency education and livelihood recovery initiatives will also be provided.

PWS&D continues to work with Canadian Foodgrains Bank in Ethiopia’s Goro district to provide more than 18,000 people with nearly 2,000 tonnes of wheat, beans, oil and famix, a food supplement. Read more here.