{"id":130013,"date":"2022-05-25T13:52:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/ajankohtaista\/uutiset\/somaliassa-jopa-600-000-alle-viisivuotiasta-karsii-akuutista-aliravitsemuksesta\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T16:21:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:21:47","slug":"up-to-600000-children-under-the-age-of-five-are-suffering-from-acute-malnutrition-in-kenya-and-somalia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/up-to-600000-children-under-the-age-of-five-are-suffering-from-acute-malnutrition-in-kenya-and-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to 600,000 children under the age of five are suffering from acute malnutrition in Kenya and Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hero full-width id-block\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalia_ruokakriisi_hero.jpg');\">\n\n\t<div class=\"bg-mobile\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalia_ruokakriisi_mobiili-1024x1024.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"curtain\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"is-style-default wp-block-heading\">FCA granted 400,000 euros to assist East Africa suffering from a food shortage&nbsp;\u2014 Up to 600,000 children under the age of five are suffering from acute malnutrition in Kenya and Somalia<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-ingress\">The worst drought in four decades along with inflation and problems with the availability of imported cereals (accelerated by the war in Ukraine) are causing the food shortage in the Horn of Africa. Within a short time, the price of a grocery shopping basket has risen by 36% in Somalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EAST AFRICA<\/strong> has been hit by the worst drought in four decades. The extreme weather caused by climate change has impacted Somalia, the eastern parts of Ethiopia and northern Kenya in particular. These regions have not seen normal seasonal rain for almost two years.<br><br>According to the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (<a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/disaster\/dr-2015-000134-som\">OCHA<\/a>), up to a quarter (approximately 4.1 million) of the Somali population need urgent humanitarian food aid. By some NGO estimates, this figure is over six million people. In Kenya, more than two million people need food aid. According to estimates by experts, up to 600,000 children under the age of five are suffering from acute malnutrition in Kenya and Somalia. As the drought continues, the humanitarian disaster is expected to grow and spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01296-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"somalinaiset istuvat maassa. Taustalla n\u00e4kyy teltta. \" class=\"wp-image-129949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01296-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01296-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01296-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01296-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01296-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01296-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01296-1920x1081.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> <em>PHOTO: Mohamed Abdihakim\/FCA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drought is not the only factor affecting the food shortage in Somalia and Kenya; rather, what is at stake is a multiple crisis which has been exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well. As much as 90 per cent of the cereals consumed in Somalia are imported from Ukraine and Russia. Since February, the price of wheat has risen in Somalia by as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/somalia\/ukraine-conflict-soaring-food-and-fuel-prices-threaten-wellbeing-millions-east\">300 per cent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, Finn Church Aid (FCA) granted 400,000 euros for a humanitarian relief operation in Kenya and Somalia. Now we have started our operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-default wp-block-heading\">Food prices sky-rocketed after the war broke out in Ukraine <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ikali Karvinen<\/strong> is the country Director of FCA Somalia. He has been following very closely the dramatic impact of inflation on the price of food and the effects of drought on the food crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of inflation, the price of food has gone up by 30 per cent,\u201d he says. \u201cThe same goes for the price of fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The price of essential foods like cooking oil, maize, millet, sesame seeds, peas and beans has even doubled in places. Approximately 70 per cent of the Somali population lives below the poverty line, meaning people live on less than two euros a day. As the value of money falls due to inflation, the little money will buy even less of anything: for example, food. Indeed, inflation combined with drought has been estimated to impact the lives of up to six million people in Somalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile the climate crisis is greatly impacting especially East Africa, this particular spring the war in Ukraine is impacting food and energy inflation possibly the most,\u201d says Director Karvinen. \u201cSo, here we now have two major crises overlapping each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Somalinainen pit\u00e4\u00e4 syliss\u00e4\u00e4n vauvaa. Kuvassa my\u00f6s toinen lapsi.\" class=\"wp-image-129954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-119x178.jpg 119w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC01196-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>Food crisis is affecting more than a quarter of Somalia&#8217;s population. The children under the age of five are among those most affected. <em>PHOTO: Mohamed Abdihakim\/FCA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He continues by saying the nomadic shepherd population in Somalia is currently in a very dire situation. The drought is killing the cattle and along with their cattle, families are losing their livelihoods. The threat for Somalia is that a situation like the 2011 famine will repeat itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to this humanitarian crisis, FCA began distributing cash aid. This is a fast and humane way of helping which saves on the cost of logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCash aid works as long as there are markets, be they shops or marketplaces, where people can buy food and other basic supplies and where money has some value,\u201d Director Karvinen explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3M1A5107-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3M1A5107-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3M1A5107-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3M1A5107-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3M1A5107-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3M1A5107-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3M1A5107-267x178.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3M1A5107-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Great part of Somali people depend on their animals and agriculture. They are in a very vulnerable position in the times of drought.<em> PHOTO: Mohamed Abdihakim\/FCA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The falling value of money can become a problem for cash aid distributions, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf inflation continues to rise at this rate, we will face some serious questions,\u201d Director Karvinen continues. \u201cWill it make sense to continue with cash aid or will we be forced to start distributing food at some point?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalian_ruokakriisi_artikkeli-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Lapsi katsoo \u00e4itins\u00e4 sylist\u00e4 Somaliassa. Lapsen ymp\u00e4rill\u00e4 on \u00e4idin vaatetta.\" class=\"wp-image-130006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalian_ruokakriisi_artikkeli-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalian_ruokakriisi_artikkeli-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalian_ruokakriisi_artikkeli-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalian_ruokakriisi_artikkeli-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalian_ruokakriisi_artikkeli-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalian_ruokakriisi_artikkeli-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somalian_ruokakriisi_artikkeli-1920x1081.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>In Somalia, food and cash distributions have been hindered by the security situation. <em>PHOTO: Mohamed Abdihakim\/FCA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-default wp-block-heading\">Food distributions demand logistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Food distribution demands logistics. In Somalia, the process can be hindered by the security situation which is currently extremely bad according to Director Karvinen. Meanwhile, the coronavirus is also continuing to spread in East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By mid-summer, the humanitarian operation of FCA will seek to distribute cash aid to the areas most affected by the food shortage; this will include 700 Somali and 600 Kenyan households. The operation aims to reach especially those families who have had to leave their homes due to the disaster and those most threatened by malnutrition. Households that rely on widowed women or children for their subsistence are at the very heart of FCA relief work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"is-style-default wp-block-heading\">Contact information:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ikali Karvinen, Country Director for Somalia, ikali.karvinen[a]kirkonulkomaanapu.fi, WhatsApp +358 40 509 8050, tel. +252 617 234\u00a0597.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FCA granted 400,000 euros to assist East Africa suffering from a food shortage&nbsp;\u2014 Up to 600,000 children under the age of five are suffering from acute malnutrition in Kenya and Somalia The worst drought in four decades along with inflation and problems with the availability of imported cereals (accelerated by the war in Ukraine) are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":130006,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"63621,110938,62222,106598,66546,68555","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_improvement_type_select":"improve_an_existing","_thumb_yes_seoaic":false,"_frame_yes_seoaic":false,"seoaic_generate_description":"","seoaic_improve_instructions_prompt":"","seoaic_rollback_content_improvement":"","seoaic_idea_thumbnail_generator":"","thumbnail_generated":false,"thumbnail_generate_prompt":"","seoaic_article_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53,118],"countries":[],"article_themes":[307,542,748,816],"class_list":["post-130013","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-somalia_en","category-humanitarian-aid","article_themes-humanitarian-aid","article_themes-climate","article_themes-humanitaarinen-apu-en","article_themes-ilmasto-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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