Kuchuluka kwakusowa kwa chakudya ku Somalia kwapangitsa kuti anthu opitilira 900,000 athawe m'nyumba zawo pofunafuna chithandizo kuyambira Januware chaka chatha, bungwe la Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) lachenjeza.
Chifukwa cha chilala komanso kusowa kwa chithandizo, anthu okhala m'madera asanu ndi atatu a dziko lino akhoza kukhala ndi njala pofika mwezi wa September. “Sitingathe kuyembekezera kuti njala inenedwe; tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu tsopano kuti titetezere moyo ndi moyo,” Rein Paulsen, Mtsogoleri wa FAO Ofesi ya Emergency and Resilience idatero, kutsatira ulendo waposachedwa mdziko muno.
Ziweto zoposa XNUMX miliyoni zofunika kuziŵeta ku Somalia zafa pakali pano ndipo zokolola zatsika kwambiri chifukwa cha mvula yomwe siinayambe yagwa komanso mvula yambiri.
Kufa kosalekeza kwa ziweto, kukwera mitengo kwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri komanso thandizo lothandiza anthu lomwe likulephera kufikira anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu, zakakamiza anthu ambiri okhala kumidzi, kusamukira kumisasa ya anthu othawa kwawo.
Mavuto azachuma mwachangu
Pofuna kuthandiza anthu 882,000 m'maboma 55 ndi chithandizo chanthawi yomweyo chopulumutsa miyoyo ndi moyo, FAO Somalia ikufuna mwachangu $131.4 miliyoni. Koma zoyesayesa zopewera njala ku Somalia zimathandizidwa ndi 46 peresenti yokha, ndipo 2022 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan ndi 43 peresenti yokha yomwe idathandizidwa, kuyambira 4 Ogasiti.
Yotsirizirayi ndi gawo la FAO lonse Horn of Africa Drought Response Plan, yomwe imakhudzanso Kenya, Ethiopia ndi Djibouti. "Tili ndi mavuto azachuma," adatero a Paulsen.
FAO yakhalapo "kulira mabelu a alamu" kuyambira mwezi wa April chaka chatha ndi kulephera kwa mvula motsatizana, koma kuyankha "sizinachitike pamiyeso yofunikira". Izi zapangitsa kuti alimi omwe ali pachiwopsezo “akakamizidwe kusamuka chifukwa ziweto zikufa komanso mbewu zikulephera. Tsopano aliyense akuyenera kusonkhana mwachangu komanso pamlingo waukulu ”adaonjeza.
Zotsatira za chilala
"Tikukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi chilala komanso momwe mabanja omwe ali pachiwopsezo akukhudzidwa," adatero Paulsen, pofotokoza momwe banja limodzi la anthu asanu ndi awiri lidayenda mtunda wa makilomita 100 kukafika kumsasa wa anthu othawa kwawo miyezi isanu ndi iwiri yapitayo.
“Anabwera kuno chifukwa ziweto zawo zinali zitafa. Anabwera kuno chifukwa analibe njira yopezera moyo kumidzi, ”Adafotokoza.
Kulowererapo kwaulimi
Ulimi umapanga 60 peresenti ya chuma chonse cha ku Somalia, 80 peresenti ya ntchito zake, ndi 90 peresenti ya malonda ake kunja.
A Paulsen adatsindika momwe kunali kofunika kumvetsetsa kuti ulimi ndi gawo loyamba lothandizira anthu. “Sikungokwaniritsa zosowa zokha, komanso kumachepetsa madalaivala a zosowazo moyenera. Ulimi umafunika chisamaliro komanso ndalama zambiri kuti athe kuchitapo kanthu munthawi yake potengera nyengo zaulimi, "Adatero.
Onjezani mayankho
Malingana ndi Bambo Paulsen, kuyankha kumadera akumidzi kuyenera kukulitsidwa kuti athandize anthu omwe ali pachiopsezo "kumene iwo ali" chifukwa izi ndi "zothandiza kwambiri [komanso] zaumunthu".
Adayitanitsa "mayankho amitundu yambiri" kuti athandizire moyo koma adachenjeza kuti "ndalama zambiri kuchokera kwa opereka ndalama," ziyenera kubwera. Cholinga chake ndikuthandizira moyo, Mr Paulsen anafotokoza.
Izi zikuphatikiza kupereka ndalama zololeza anthu kugula chakudya ndikusunga ziweto zawo zamoyo ndi chakudya chadzidzidzi, chithandizo chamankhwala, ndi madzi. Alimi akuyenera kubzala, makamaka m'madera a mitsinje kumene kuli kotheka kulima ndi ulimi wothirira.
