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A severe drought has gripped The Horn of Africa,
putting two million people in Somalia alone in need of humanitarian
assistance.
The United Nations
estimates that in all more than 11 million people in parts of Somalia,
Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Tanzania and Burundi need food aid for the next
six months. Muslim Aid has come to the assistance of those suffering by
providing GBP74,485 worth of humanitarian relief.
Our Somalia
field-office will distribute GBP37,500 worth of rice, flour, sugar, oil,
tea, beans, biscuits, water, shelter and drugs to 7,500 people in southern
Somalia. Many of the people affected have abandoned their homes in search
of food and water, and Muslim Aid will set up temporary shelters to
provide accommodation to these homeless families.
Muslim Aid has
allocated just under GBP37,000 to our partner organisations in Kenya, for
the distribution of water, food, and cooking oil to people in Isiolo,
Wajir and Mandera in eastern Kenya.
The greatest problem
is the lack of water, so Muslim Aid will be trucking water to the affected
areas.
With your generous
help, we can avert a disaster in the Horn of Africa.
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needy communities, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality or
political opinion. Set up in 1985 and now one of the leading registered
Muslim charities in the UK, Muslim Aid currently supports projects in more
than 50 countries around the world. By responding quickly to emergencies,
Muslim Aid provides relief to the victims of natural disasters, war and
famine. Long-term development programs tackling the root causes of poverty
through education, income generation, skills training, provision of clean
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