Mikhaila, 23, is a Roma Ukrainian refugee staying in a shelter in Moldova. She and her family walked to the border when the war began – even though Mikhaila recently gave birth.
“I am here with my husband, our five children and my mother-in-law,” she says. “My youngest baby is just two months old. I gave birth in Odessa just before the war started.”
“It was very difficult there. My mom is still there. I called her to come here to be safe. I feel safe here but as soon as the war is over, I want to go home and start from the beginning.”
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This coming planting season, the major disruptions to harvests and exports in Ukraine (known as “the breadbasket of the world”) won’t just affect Ukrainians. They’ll affect much of the world.
The #HornofAfrica is facing one of its worst droughts on record, with up to 14 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia facing severe hunger and water shortages.
The reasons for this are myriad: like everywhere, the pandemic and energy costs have impacted these countries, but climate-related disasters are becoming both more frequent and more severe.
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Horn of Africa drought: Sagal Mohamed Shaheed, 40, is a mother-of-two who lives in the Giro-Sumo displacement camp. She is eight months pregnant with her third child.
She told us her family were forced to leave their village after they lost all of their livestock to the drought.
“Our previous life was good. I had 100 livestock and got milk from the livestock to drink, feed the children or sell to buy other needed food items,” she said.
We had a prosperous life. Now all our livestock is gone. Every morning about 5 or 10 of the livestock died, until all of them died.”
“Every mother is feeling sorrow when her children are eating only once a day and don't eat the other two times. I feel sorrow every day. I ask myself, ‘when will we be out of this suffering?’ and many other difficult questions.
“Our needs are great, and we can't afford more than one meal a day and our shelter doesn’t protect us from the sun or the cold.”
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Horn of Africa drought: 90-year-old Amina, from Somaliland, has survived 12 droughts in her life. But says the current situation is the worst she’s ever experienced.
“The drought has hit us hard,” she told us.
We have no water. Fuel is very expensive. We used to eat sorghum, rice, pasta and macaroni. But now we do not have the money to buy these foods. We are starving.”
“It used to be nice in the past, but now the world is ending.”
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