Final Draft of Famine and Malnutrition in Somalia

Famine and Malnutrition

Several years ago in Somalia, there was a heavy drought that caused many crops to fail and resulted in the deaths of many animals and people alike. Such heavy drought caused the misery and desperation of the Somalias that many emigrated out of the country to other places like the US in hopes of finding better jobs and sufficient food.

However, some families do not have enough money to emigrate out of the country so they were stuck in Somalia, desperately trying to survive in its harsh weathers. The Somalias have become so malnourished that they had bones sticking prominently out of their skinny bodies. Many had succumbed to hunger and was lost after a few years. Those that were left lived on tenuously, often on the brink of death. Famine became a great problem in Somalia.

During the famine of Somalia, a young girl named Mary lived in a tiny hut near Somalia's extremely dry and barren fields. The fields that used to grow numerous amounts of crops that were enough to feed the whole country with delicious rice, sweet corn and flowering with all sorts of fruits were all gone. They were all empty, nothing growing out of it. Mary and her family were left distraught at Somalia's present situation. After watching their neighbors  family and friends alike lost to hunger, they barely had any hope left. However, the knew that God would not abandon them, especially in times of great distress such as this.

All the children who survived were forced to forage for edible weeds or anything edible they could consume. The smallest potato were a comfort to them. Mary was forced to work in the fields tirelessly all day from early in the morning until late at night, the sun beating down relentlessly on her and the cold night sending chills to her bones. "I'm tired dad, can't I rest?" Mary moaned. "Sorry Marry, but you know how low we are on food." Dad replied with a sigh.

Everything was getting harder and everyone was struggling day and night; foraging for edible weeds, digging for any remaining food or looking for water. Everybody were losing hope and it seems almost impossible to survive that kind of heavy famine.