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Collected on 28 July 2026
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Humanitarian funding for famine response in Somalia
The United Nations is calling for urgent donor support, specifically requesting approximately $300 million in the next two months to provide an adequate humanitarian response to the famine in southern Somalia.
Speaking to reporters in New York, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon stressed that humanitarian agencies need urgent funding to save lives, adding that roughly $300 million is needed in the next two months to provide an adequate response to famine-affected areas.
Reference
https://www.sanews.gov.za/africa/gift-givers-doing-their-bit-somalia
Amounts
R 5 000 000
Medical teams dispatched to famine-affected regions in southern Somalia
Gift of the Givers is preparing medical teams to be sent to Somalia to provide emergency health services in areas where malnutrition and disease are rampant.
They are already preparing medical teams to be dispatched to Somalia.
High-energy nutrition packs for famine-affected children in Somalia
Gift of the Givers has prepared R5 million worth of high-energy nutrition packs to respond to the famine in southern Somalia. These packs are intended to treat acute malnutrition among children and families in crisis.
Gift of the Givers has put in R5 million high energy nutrition packs and water on standby to respond to Somalia starvation, the organization said on its website.
