(11 Feb 2025)
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Outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia – 6 February 2025
1. Various of displaced single mother of three children Sahra Abudllahi Ali walking with her children
2. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Sahra Abudllahi Ali, displaced single mother of three children:
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"We are people who have been uprooted by both wars and droughts and have been relying on USAID support. Now we have heard that the U.S. has withdrawn this funding that had been provided to us. We are so worried for our families, please they need to reverse this decision."
3. Various of Ali cooking
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Abdiqani Sheikh Omar, founder of the Somali Young Doctors Association (SOYDA) and former Director General of the Ministry of Health, Federal Government of Somalia:
"The announcement of the U.S president to suspend the USAID, humanitarian assistance, was very, very shocking news. It was very immediate and unplanned for many countries, including Somalia. The current situation of Somalia particularly for 2025 more than 6.9 million (people) are very in dire need. Among 6.7 (million) of them are in need of emergency health care assistance."
5. Various of USAID tins of refined vegetable oil
6. Various of displaced Somali woman and child in a camp
STORYLINE:
In desolate makeshift camps on the fringes of Somalia’s capital, tens of thousands of internally displaced people sit under the baking sun, unsure if they will have access to food rations and medication.
This uncertainty follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s decree to freeze most of his country’s foreign aid.
The U.S. provides more foreign aid globally than any other country, budgeting about $60 billion in 2023, or about 1% of the U.S. budget.
Somalia depends almost entirely on foreign aid to look after the millions displaced by armed conflict.
The fund freeze has also caused major concern among those who need urgent medical care, including people who with HIV, as it disrupted the work of almost all NGOs in Somalia.
The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, spent $369 million in Somalia in 2021, supporting everything from sanitation programs to emergency nutrition with funds channeled through government and non-governmental groups.
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