Road to Dadaab

The head of U.N.refugee has termed is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world at the moment.The worst drought to hit most part of Somalia in 60 years has led to an unimaginable mass exodus of people from Somalia to neighboring Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp.Tens of thousands of Somalis have already entered Kenya a figure estimated to be around 1,300 Somalis arriving  at the complex on a daily basis.

Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya was set up in 1991 to cope with the influx of Somalis fleeing their country after the break of civil war.The camp was initially equipped to cater for needs of around 40,000 to 60,000 people but today its population is estimated to be around 360,000 people a situation which is beyond control of relief agencies and other  humanitarianism organizations.

According to a report by World Food Programme 10 million Somalis are in danger of hunger of which 2 million are children.Some children have been travelling by foot for more than two weeks from Somalia to reach Dadaab in Kenya.Many as a result of hunger and fatigue have died before reaching their destination.Save the Children charity reported that more children have died in Dadaab in the first four months of this  year alone  compared to the whole of last year.

Time is of the essence, let us join our hands in helping our suffering brothers and sisters in Somalia.Let us  forge unity and put aside our differences in the spirit of humanity and help them when they need us most.