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 Monday 21^st May 2017- A powerful tropical cyclone with winds in excess of 120 km/per hour and an entire year’s worth of rain in just a few days has left destruction and death in its wake in Somaliland, endangering the lives of thousands of children in the region.

When I visited Farhiya Hussein in her home in Kalabayr village, I found her sitting in her house with five out of her 10 children. It is morning hours and many of the children in this village are now in school. Sadly this is not the case for the children in this house—most of Farhiya’s children are at home. She tells me she is only able to send two of her children—Khadra and Ahmed—to school and the rest stay at home.

In 2017, over half of the Somali population (6.2M) faced acute food insecurity and famine was looming over the country throughout the year. However, a swift donor response to release funds, lessons learnt from the 2011 famine and the incredible mobilization from the diaspora community worldwide helped to avert famine.

Nimo* (not her real name) is a fifteen year-old bright and well-spoken young lady, a pupil at a local school in Baidoa, South West State of Somalia. Roughly 356 boys and 359 girls attend this school. Save the Children supports the school to cater for children who drop out of school due to early marriage, often times arranged by their parents and/or guardians against their will.