MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Network) – The Drought Committee of Shabelle Media Network on Sunday delivered humanitarian aid from Somali community in Seattle in the U.S. to the drought displaced Somalis in Mogadishu. The aid which was consisted of plastic sheets was intended for IDPs to hide themselves from the rains, cool and the sunshine.

Having donated about 280 plastic sheets to the IDPs in Hodan district of Mogadishu, they could be seen immediately building their huts which were made of acacia branches twisted into a dome shape and covered with ragged cloths and rice sacks, according to the committee. Ahmed Nurre Owdini, the chairman of Shabelle Drought Committee today’s humanitarian assistance from Somali people who failed to endure the hardship the drought people are facing.

He called upon the Somalis to continue supporting their brothers and sisters in Somalia, Mogadishu in particular. The IDPs welcomed cordially the move saying they had been subject to the cool and rains during in the night and day as well as sunshine.

The aid was the origin of $ 3,350 which Somali community in Seattle fundraised and collected each other to assist their brothers and in sisters affected harshly by the drought.

HUDUR (Sh. M. Network) – At least two kids have been killed and three others hurt after hand grenade went off in Hudur town of Bakool region in southern Somalia, witnesses said Saturday. Local residents said the children were playing with the hand grenade and that brought about to explode. Elderly men were among those wounded in the blast, witnesses told Shabelle Media Network. They added that they wounded ones are in critical condition as they taken to local hospital in Hudur. Hudur town the regional capital of Bakool region and Al shabaab confiscated the town two years ago after fierce fighting with Somali government.

MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Network) – Some of drought displaced families in Mogadishu are complaining lack of health care as malnourishment and other curable disorders are the main factor in Somali children deaths. The internally displaced persons, who spoke to Shabelle, live in vulnerable huts made of old cloths and rice sacks. They said what they need after urgent aid food is health care. Some of them indicated that there are outbreaks of watery diarrhea, measles, and malaria as most of the children and women are anguishing from very acute malnourishment conditions. A woman at IDPs camps in Hodan district in Mogadishu said what situation makes much worse that adults and children defecate at one place, pointing out that there are no toilets. And that could make disease spread like a wildfire soon.