Somalia

• How many people died in the region?

  260000
• What is the climate like?

  - Hot

  - irregular rainfall

  - 30-40°C
• What had the weather been like before hand?

  - 2 years failed rains

  - La niña phenomenon - Pacific ocean temp decrease 2-5°

  - 2011 70% reduction average rainfall East Africa
• Human causes


  -UN asked aid donations 2.5 billion

  - only 63% raised by July 2011

  - HIC getting more skeptical for donations

  - lead to dependency

  - developed nations did not want Al-Shabaab to grow influence
• Causes from conlfict


  - 1991-2006 civil war

  - lack of government

  - displacement, corruption, piracy
• What happened because of it?

  - Crop failure

  - 40-60% livestock of nomadic farmers died

  - lost livelihoods
• What did food shortage lead to?

  - 920000 forced migration to Kenya + Ethiopia

  - Kenya supposed to support 90000 but got 440000 mid 2011

  - Infant mortality high

  - Child malnutrition 50%

  - 260000 died in the region
• What happened in the camps?

  - Outbreaks of disease (measles killed 11)

  - High infant mortality

  - child malnutrition 50%

  - high levels of sexual violence
• Economic impacts


  - cereal prices increased by 68%

  - milk production reduces

  - lost livelihoods

  - people unable to afford food
• solutions


  - 100 tonnes of tents, health kits, cash for food

  - Somalia introduce drought-resistant crops
• Donations


  - 71% of 2.5 billion received

  - mainly from Australia, EU, Canada

  - USA low contributor from restrictions to materially benefiting terrorists
• When did it end?

  February 2012