Somali famine continues to escalate

Somali famine continues to escalate

(ST. CLOUD, Minn.) - Omar Omar, an SCSU student, works two jobs in order to send money to his family in Somalia. He says his relatives struggle with the famine. "I got relatives from my moms side over there in Kenya and Somalia," Omar said. "It's a really sad moment. Right now they're trying to get a lot of aid coming in but it's not helping everybody." Last year the United Nations declared some parts of Somalia to be affected by a famine. They predicted the famine would spread and be felt throughout 2012. They were right because the drought is escalating the famine. When asked about the effectiveness of the support Somalia receives Omar says, "They're not even getting into Somalia they're just helping the camps. There's people that are still trying to walk to the camps." The difference between this food drive compared to many others is it actually helps people outside the refugee camps. "I thought it was a really great experience helping the kids that were not in the refugees yet is what we were actually doing. They don't have food because they're not in the refugee camps do they're starving kids," Kristen Daniels, an SCSU student, said. Minnesotans work together to bring Somali people help. Daniels traveled to her hometown over the weekend to package food for Somalians waiting to get into refugee camps. Omar notes that just because you are in the refugee camps does not mean you are being properly fed. He says you still might have to go without food. "You have to get in ...
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