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Chloe Stull-Lane is the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for Mercy Corps in Kenya.
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Somalia July 7, 2011 5:51AM
Reports of people moving north to find food as Somalia's drought conditions worsen
Chloe Stull-Lane
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Kenya
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People affected by drought, conflict and limited access to humanitarian aid in Bay, Bakool, Lower and Middle Shabelle, Lower and Middle Juba, and Gedo regions of southern Somalia are fleeing north to find food and a better life. Many are searching for a place to stay around towns and villages in Central Somalia — Abudwak, Adado, Guriel and Balanballe — and some are continuing on to Galkaiyo, Garowe and Bosaso.
The majority of people coming are women and young children who were dependent on rain-fed agriculture. Many of their husbands had left earlier in search of jobs in northern Somalia, Kenya or Yemen. Now, these mothers are in search of food for their children. They have left their homes and possessions behind without any idea of whether they will be able to go back to them in the future.
Somalia January 25, 2011 10:49PM
On TV, in Somalia
Chloe Stull-Lane
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Kenya
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Schoolchildren enjoy water gushing from the new borehole at 56 cubic meters per hour. Photo: Kunow Sheikh Abdi/Mercy Corps
One night in mid-December, a colleague called me giggling hysterically: “I saw you on TV … next to the Vice President!” When I put the phone down, it started vibrating with text messages. In the morning, the office was buzzing with excitement – everyone with stories of watching Mercy Corps colleagues with the VIPs of Hargeisa on TV.
Earlier that day, part of the Mercy Corps team, joined by the Vice President, Minister of Education, Minister of Water and District Commissioner, drove 25 kilometers out of Hargeisa for the Commissioning Ceremony for a new borehole that will provide water to Hargeisa town and schools.
