Telling the ECSA Story

A cross-sectional view of the temporary structures that new arrivals from Somalia have built on the edge of Dagahaley. CARE Across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, the Horn of Africa is experiencing the extreme effects of climate change. Compounded by other factors, the impacts on communities have been catastrophic. CARE calls for the full funding of the Humanitarian Resource Plan in all countries to save lives. The region is facing the worst food crisis in over 40 years, which has left over 31 million people in need of emergency assistance. Due to failed rainy seasons, two locust invasions, conflict, and rising prices of basic commodities in the wake of the Ukraine conflict, communities in the region have been decimated, leading to the migration of over 2.5 million people. Additionally, malnutrition has been on the rise for children in all three countries as families have lost their way of earning a living. In the Horn of Africa, pastoralism used to be one of the key ways of earning a ...

Destroyed homes, dispersed families, disrupted businesses, temporary relocation, seem to be the hot potato in Gatumba these last weeks, as the area was hit again by flooding. The feeling of despair knocks you over once there. You can read it on the face of people who lost their shelters, who saw their normal life running through waters. Concessa, a 32 years old mother of five, has been relocated into a school with her family after the heavy rain destroyed her home.   More than one family has to squeeze in one class, with small babies in their arms. They lament that there are not appropriate toilets. Sometimes, they go in the open air, which puts them at high risk of infections and other illnesses. "I’m so worried about my seven months old baby Keza, especially when it rains. During the night, my children can be wracked by severe cold, as there are no house windows where we are. During the day, I can hardly wash her clothes, and her sisters' and brothers’ clothe...