Help Families Fleeing Famine in Somalia

Our partners at Womankind Kenya are hard at work to bring mobile clinics and medical outreach to the rural populations of Garissa Country hard hit by the famine. In Garissa County, access to health information and services are extremely limited. As families are struggling to meet their basic human needs of food and water,...

Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji, leader of Womankind Kenya, recently shared with us a message of thanks from one mother living in the refugee camps of Northern Kenya. We'd like to share her message with you today: "My young son and I arrived in a refugee camp in Kenya after fleeing famine in Somalia. We lost everything, but I was...

In the photo below, women and girls line up to receive food aid. In northern Kenya, Womankind Kenya is still working to support families displaced by the famine. MADRE is working with Womankind Kenya to create a mobile health clinic to bring essential medical care to women and their families. The van will be...

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In northeastern Kenya, Somali families fleeing famine and war have settled in communities that are themselves facing face severe drought and hunger. Womankind Kenya, in partnership with MADRE, provides emergency food aid and medical assistance to women and families. In the video below, Hubbie Hussein al-Haji of Womankind...

As drought spread, Halima desperately struggled to feed her six children.“We had many herds of cattle before the drought when my husband was alive,” shared Halima. But after the death of her husband, food supplies quickly dwindled. “My children had nothing to eat for many days…It was painful to...

"When I recently traveled to Kenya, I met with Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji, director of Womankind Kenya. I carried with me a gift from our sisters at Zenab for Women in Development and a letter that the director Fatima Ahmed asked me to deliver. I felt so honored to be able to connect these two women- and to be able to share...

We have great news from our partners at Womankind Kenya! Thanks to your support, they have had the resources to respond to famine in the hard-hit region of Garissa in northeastern Kenya.In Garissa, Womankind Kenya has distributed food aid to four local villages: Kamoor, Noor, Diiso and Jarirood. As a result, 2,700 families...

This week, MADRE staff is in Kenya visiting with our sister organizations, Womankind Kenya and the Indigenous Information Network (IIN). In the video below, MADRE Executive Director Yifat Susskind meets with Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji of Womankind Kenya. Womankind Kenya is a grassroots women’s organization that...

This week, MADRE staff are in Kenya visiting our sister organizations, Womankind Kenya and the Indigenous Information Network (IIN). We just received an update from MADRE Executive Director Yifat Susskind, who met today with Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji of Womankind Kenya. Hubbie and Womankind Kenya are working tirelessly...

We just received an update from our partners in Kenya, who are working tirelessly to deliver crucial emergency relief to women and families fleeing the famine in Somalia. Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji, of our partner organization Womankind Kenya, told us that many of these families are being turned away from overcrowded refugee...

We just received updates from our partners in Kenya, who are mobilizing urgently to give life-saving aid to people suffering in the famine in East Africa. Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji, of our partner organization, Womankind Kenya, told us that the situation is dire. But with your support, we can save lives. Hubbie told...