Somalia Awareness Week

Hello Everyone!

Today kicks off the Students ReBuild/One Million Bones' Somalia Awareness Week program.  In August 2011, the UN declared famine in Somalia.  The reality is grim: Tens of thousands already dead, 4 million Somalis being directly affected, up to 750,000 people at risk of death in the coming months, and a refugee crisis in neighboring Kenya. As part of The Path Forward Challenge we're working to make sure people know about the crisis facing Somalia, and then take some action.

Here's a link to where you can find an amazing Learning in Action Toolkit focused on the crisis in Somalia. Download the pdf.  There's information for everyday this week and ways for you, your friends, your students, your community to learn more and do more. Today, you can take a photo tour and learn more about the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab.

FACT: 430,000 people live in the Dadaab camp.

FACT: 1,500 Somalis arrive there everyday.

So download the toolkit and in the meantime, check out this video by Somali rapper k'naan; he makes music and talks about his country.

We'll have more about Somalia Awareness Week tomorrow, and coming soon, a blog from Naomi about what all is happening in New Orleans.

Oh, and check out our facebook page because in addition to Somalia Awareness Week, our friends at i-act are also doing a Facebook campaign i-act for Sudan.  You can find out about that on our facebook page.

Have a great rest of your Monday.

Comments

[luis| dinero urgente]

From where do you take the information? Do you have any source who inform you about the situation in Somalia?

[Vivian Kendricks]

What's the cause of death by the Somalis? Tens of thousands is quite a number.

[Maria-Armarios de cultivo interior]

Around the world there is famine, not only in Somalia, but nothing is done to fix it, create sustainable techniques and friendly environment, the planet does not come to give us food for everyone, and soon exhausted the resources will not be only Somalia.

[Susan]

Hi Luis,

Great question. We take information from a number of sources including:

CARE: http://care.org
USAID: http://usaid.gov/fwd/action
Rescue: http://rescue.org/where/somalia
Human Rights Watch: http://hrw.org/africa/
Mercy Corps: http://mercycorps.org
Doctors Without Borders: http://doctorswithoutborders.org

[luis| dinero urgente]

Thanks a lot, I will visit that websites for sure.

[opinion online]

I know Human Rights Watch and you can find good info there