Colombus (Sunatimes) Somali community in the United State has been in the last couple of days holding crisis meetings aimed at discussing on how they can provide relief aid to Somalia’s drought stricken population.

After three days of discussion on the current drought situation in Somalia, the Somali community of Columbus in the United State has outlined a comprehensive plans in providing humanitarian aid to drought victims of Gedo, Bay and Bakol regions of Somalia, which is said to be the hardest hit areas in south of Somalia.

A member of the Somali community of Columbus’ drought rescue committee, Abdullahi Yussuf, said they are doing all that is possible to ensure that the funds raised in their drought response campaign for the Somalia’s drought victims will be utilized as anticipated.

Rowdo Olad, who is also part of the drought rescue committee, lamented that the drought situation in Somalia has claimed the lives of many people and their livestock, saying that she is so disappointed with the current political stalemate in Somalia, making it difficult for relief aid to reach to the needy people in the country.

A number of Somali youth volunteers carrying disturbing images of drought victims are reportedly conducting door-to-door fund drive in their effort to extend a helping for the thousands of Somalis affected by the current devastating drought in Somalia.

Somalia’s  current drought situation is appalling, with people dying of starvation due to the high magnitude of the drought after experiencing several years of successive rainfall failures and the concomitants rapid erosion of assets and livelihoods, rendering people in Somalia to suffer from water shortages and declining access to food that forced local population to flee to refugee camps in the neighbouring countries.

By Deeqa Yusuf