Somalia drought and violence
Families in Somalia are taking desperate measures to survive drought and violence across the country. Learn how ShelterBox is helping.
We are responding in Somalia to help people forced from their homes by drought. This was caused by consecutive failed rainy seasons.
Drought is causing people to move in search of water and food. It has also led to increasing food prices. Conflict in some areas of Somalia is also forcing people from their homes. Although some rains arrived in 2023, they fell on drought-hardened ground and caused flash flooding.
Map showing the location of Somalia
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Where is Somalia?
Somalia is on the eastern coast of Africa, as part of the Horn of Africa. It shares borders in the west with Dijibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya. The coast looks over the Arabian sea.
The climate in Somalia is typically hot, with periodic monsoon winds and rain. Somalia is classified as the second most at risk country to climate change in the world. Changes in weather patterns have seen increasing droughts, periods of flooding and locust swarms.
When severe flooding caused devastation across the north and south of Pakistan, father of four, Abdul, lost his home and his livelihood. After receiving a ShelterBox tent, Abdul and his family told us they were joyful to have a roof over their heads.
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