SOMALIA!!!

[Sparkly]

Kenya burdened by famine refugees; rape attacks up

By JASON STRAZIUSO - Associated Press, MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED - Associated Press | AP – 3 hrs ago

DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — Marauding gangs and criminals are attacking Somali famine refugees more frequently as they flee across the border to Kenyan camps, but Kenyan police say they don't have enough manpower to stop them.

The lack of manpower underscores a larger problem for Kenya: Officials here say they are being overwhelmed by the influx of tens of thousands of Somali refugees, and can't stem the attacks. One 30-year-old woman who watched two of her five children die as they trekked through Somalia was raped after reaching what she hoped would be the safety of Kenyan soil.

"I constantly ask myself, 'Would this have happened to you, or would you have lost your children if you had been in your country?'" said the woman. "My mind always says: 'You ran away from a problem and ran into another.'"

http://news.yahoo.com/kenya-burdened-famine-refugees-rape-attacks-175255615.html

I couldn't read any further. There's a link for "How to Help" on the page -- http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/newsroom/somalia-famine--how-to-help.html. I stopped reading and clicked.

I'm not going to moralize or preach. I know it's tough all over, we have our problems here, etc. But while the U.S. Dollar is on downward slide, consider passing a few on if you can, while our currency can still help someone else. A lot.

[Sparkly]

1. Kicking this up with an especially poignant photo

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eiwVBw_cwbn.QW.mHPPE_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MjA7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/

"Asiah Dagane holds Mihag Gedi Farah, her seven month old child with a weight of 7 pounds, 8 ounces (3.4 kilograms) at a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Mihag Gedi Farah is 7 months old, and weighs as little as a newborn with the weathered skin of an old man. His mother managed to get him to a field hospital in a Kenyan refugee camp after a weeklong odyssey, but the baby's anguished eyes, hollow cheeks and fragile limbs show just how severe Somalia's famine is becoming. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)"

[malaise]

2. It's way too sad

We've sent help through a local NGO

[Liberalynn]

3. K&R

[Stinky The Clown]

4. The least of us in America is better off than the average Somali.

[Sparkly]

5. A WOMAN WATCHED TWO OF HER CHILDREN DIE, and in desperate effort to save the others, SHE WAS RAPED

I'm sorry, I said I wouldn't moralize or preach. I figured I wouldn't have to, so it'd be overkill if I did.

Instead, I look at Page One here and think Are we SO self-absorbed that we can't relate to this?

These people did NOTHING to deserve what is happening to them.

Just K/R if you can't donate, for crying out loud.

[WinkyDink]

7. Been donating through local Episcopal church.

[freeplessinseattle]

6. K&R n/t

[NightWatcher]

8. Sorry, the only foreign policy we offer brown people comes from a gun, or an r/c drone

Too bad there's no profit in feeding the hungry poor

[klook]

9. Famine in the Horn of Africa: How To Help

I started a new thread today with that title. Hope we can bring more attention to this tragic disaster and get those folks some more help.

[Bluerthanblue]

10. Kick-

this is heartbreaking.

a dollar or two can make a difference.