People died for hunger and dehydration in Hobyo district of Mudug region

Galkacyo: 29 Dec 2010: Four people have been reportedly died in Hobyo district of Mudug region where acute drought affected human beings and animals.

According to appeals from Galmudug administration and local elders in the area, severe drought is hitting South Mudug where the worst scenarios reported in the coastline areas.

Nevertheless, in the past hours deaths of 4 people of whom two are children under age 5 have been reported as a result of hunger and dehydration.

Commissioner of Hobyo district, Mr. Said Aden Ade held press conference for the local and international media journalists based in Galkacyo in which he declared that extreme drought the area never experienced for 50 years is exacerbating the livelihoods and well being of communities in Hobyo district which so far caused massive loss of livestock.
Mr. Adde asserted that current droughts might generate serious illness for humans and hence appealed Humanitarian organizations and donor communities to take close attention to the impacts of the droughts and expedite emergency humanitarian response.

It was early December when an interagency drought assessment mission of UN and NGOs surveyed severe affected areas in south Mudug of which are Hobyo and Galkacyo districts. The mission emphasized existence of droughts in the assessed areas.
However, Droughts become repeatedly occurring phenomenon which exhausted huge funds each year. Unless proper strategy that ensures preparedness mechanism and proper management of ranges for prevention of loss of humans being and livestock, huge resources will continue exhausted and which could have been useful in long term and sustainable projects.  

Written by Elias