Ravage

‘Ground zero’ for aid cuts: Rohingya children in Cox’s Bazar face hunger, lost schooling as funding collapses At a nutrition center in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, a seven-month-old girl named Ahshiya clings to life. She weighs just 4.7 kilograms—little more than an average one-month-old. Her mother, 21-year-old Sajida Begum, fled Myanmar after soldiers attacked her village and burned their home. Now, inside the world’s largest refugee camp, she is battling HIV, diabetes and dengue fever while trying to keep her daughter fed.…

In a heartfelt announcement, the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) revealed its key focus areas: providing emergency shelter, food support, and health services to flood-stricken communities. Quotes were shared from those at the forefront, illustrating the urgent needs and rallying a sense of solidarity. Given the breakdown of substantial acreages of farmland in the Hiiraan region, the situation is dire. The mounting waves of floodwaters have mercilessly ravaged crops, intensifying the already precarious food…