During the drought in #Somalia, cash assistance has been a crucial part of @WFP's response.
Cash enables families to:
🍲 buy food
💊 pay for medicine
💵 and purchase other basic essentials.
Thanks to @OCHAFunds for making this support possible for most in need.
📸 A healthy start begins with access to essential care.
Together with #UNICEF, @MoH_Somalia is supporting mothers like Halimo to keep their children healthy and protected.
🔴 Hunger
🔴 Water scarcity
🔴 Disease
🔴 Forced displacement
🔴 Family separation
These are ways civilians bear the brunt of war.
The rules of war must be upheld. ⤵️
#NotATarget#PoCWeek2026
It has been a privilege to work with @UNOCHA.
The resilience of the people we serve, the courage of humanitarians who show up despite everything – has changed me forever.
The world looks tough. But do not give up. Serving humanity is a noble cause. The mission is too important.
Partners are doing everything they can to support millions of people affected by the drought in #Somalia.
However, the resources are not enough.
Support the response: bit.ly/4wGBveT
👉🏾SHF allocations update.
👉🏾Pilot Flagship Community Engagement Learning brief.
👉🏾Virtual monitoring verifies project progress in hard-to-access areas.
Checkout all of #SHF_Somalia updates in Q1; shorturl.at/rLh5J
Famine risk confirmed in Burhakaba, Bay region.
Somalia’s Humanitarian Coordinator @GConway_UN calls for urgent and coordinated action now.
The window to prevent the worst is closing.
Act before it is too late.
Hopeful news:
Local partners are helping communities across #Somalia, where 5 million people are affected by drought.
With support from @shf_somalia, Kulmiye Relief and Development Organization is providing water and sanitation services in Jowhar District.
🚨 Burhakaba is on the brink of catastrophe. The risk of famine is real, and it is immediate.
Nearly 40% of children under five are acutely malnourished or worse.
This is a race against time. Act now to avert catastrophe❗
In #Burhakaba, our Representative @sandralattouf met children and families facing unimaginable hardship as the hunger crisis deepens across #Somalia.
Nearly 2 million children are acutely malnourished, with famine a real risk in some areas.
Urgent support can still save lives.
📍A Somali mother walked 500 km to find safety. At this health centre, her child received life‑saving nutrition support.
But next month, that support stops, because funding is running out — just as Somalia faces one of its most severe hunger crises in years. WFP's
2019–2026: Recurrent droughts and floods in Somalia have driven displacement, eroded livelihoods, and worsened food insecurity-shaping IPC trends nationwide.
Climate shocks continue to fuel vulnerability.
We must break this cycle by building community resilience.