similarjourneys in recent weeks, drawn to places like this. the crowded outskirts of dolow, a border town where some help is at hand. the local hospital, funded by britain since the last famine here back in 2011, is playing a vital role. the baby is really very severely malnourished. but pamela, a nutrition expert from neighbouring kenya, is afraid of what lies ahead. somalia needs help. now? now, yeah. and if it doesn t get it? we are headed for a catastrophe. this is serious. it s really going to get worse if nothing more comes in other than what s already there. today, that catastrophe is already taking shape in the crowded stabilisation ward. as usual, it s the under fives who act as the fragile sirens of famine.
his mother tells me he had a fever for weeks. the drought took everything from us, all our crops, our cattle, she says. there was nothing left for the boy to eat. which is why they came here, to dolow. it took the boy and his family nine days to walk to this camp. they had to beg for food on the way. it was somalia s savage drought that forced them off their farm but the real culprit here is man made climate change. almost no one here thinks they will ever go back to their farms, to their old way of life. the next morning, we return to check up on the boy. but he is struggling. his body temperature has dropped sharply. probably might be successful. we are not sure. but we are still trying to resusicate. the doctors try to warm him with a foil blanket,
tens of thousands have made similarjourneys in recent weeks, drawn to places like this. the crowded outskirts of dolow, a border town where some help is at hand. the local hospital, funded by britain since the last famine here back in 2011, is playing a vital role. the baby is really very severely malnourished. but pamela, a nutrition expert from neighbouring kenya, is afraid of what lies ahead. somalia needs help. now? now, yeah. and if it doesn t get it? we are headed for a catastrophe. this is serious. it s really going to get worse if nothing more comes in other than what s already there. today, that catastrophe is already taking shape in the crowded stabilisation ward. as usual, it s the under fives who act as the fragile sirens of famine.
babies cry and today, a boy is fighting for his life. he is two years old, but weighs little more than a newborn baby. he has been hungry for most of his life? his mother tells me he had a fever for weeks. the drought took everything from us, all our crops, our cattle, she says. there was nothing left for the boy to eat. which is why they came here, to dolow. it took abdiwali and his family nine days to walk to this camp. they had to beg for food on the way. it was somalia s savage drought that forced them off their farm but the real culprit here is man made climate change. almost no one here thinks they will ever go back to their farms,
is already taking shape in the crowded stabilisation ward. as usual, it s the under fives who act as the fragile sirens of famine. babies cry. and today, a boy named abdiwali is fighting for his life. he is two years old, but weighs little more than a newborn baby. he has been hungry for most of his life? his mother tells me abdiwali had a feverfor weeks. the drought took everything from us, all our crops, our cattle, she says. there was nothing left for the boy to eat. which is why they came here, to dolow. it took abdiwali and his family nine days to walk to this camp. they had to beg for food on the way. it was somalia s savage drought that forced them off their farm but the real culprit here is man made climate change.