It took Fatuma Abdi Ahmed four days to hike from Kunturwaareey district in Lower Shabelle region of the South West State of Somalia, to Mogadishu fleeing the ongoing drought which has affected thousands of families in Somalia. She fled with five children, after losing two to hunger.
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Volunteers and workers at Baidoa Airport offload medical supplies from an airplane that delivered medical supplies donated by Turkey for internally displaced persons in Baidoa, Somalia, on 22 March 2017. UN Photo
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