Somali refugees need your help now!
Tens of thousands have fled their homes, walked for weeks in search of food. Many young children have died along the way. And all of the Somali refugees arriving in Kenya and Ethiopia are exhausted. Between 40 per cent and 50 per cent of the children are acutely malnourished.
Please give whatever you can afford. You will save lives; give protection. And you will offer hope to people who are in an extremely desperate situation.
STOP PRESS: IKEA Foundation gives UNHCR US$62 million for Somali refugees in Kenya. Ikea's generosity emphasises the ongoing severity of the situation in the Horn of Africa. We encourage you match this generosity in whichever way you can as help is still urgently needed to save lives.
Please do give whatever you can using the secure donation form. Any amount will help, but here are just a few examples of what we need:
- US$7: provides ready-to-use therapeutic food for a malnourished refugee child
- US$50: therapeutic feeding kits – each one helps feed five children.
- US$100: survival kits – each has a blanket, mattress, kitchen set, stove and soap.
- US$450: all-weather tent to shelter a refugee family.
- US$5,500: nutrition survey kit, includes weighing scales (x5), height measuring board, haemocue machine and accessories (microcuvettes, lancet, etc.), and mid upper arm circumference tape.
Thank you so much for whatever you decide to give.
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