"What I saw when I was in Afgooye was a desperate humanitarian situation. Many of the people I met had been on the street for more than a month without any assistance. They were scared and anxious and the atmosphere was very tense. When I asked people where they had been sleeping and what they had been eating, they just pointed to makeshift shelters and told me, 'There's nothing here'."-Dr. Gustavo Fernandez,
Head of Mission of
Medecins Sans Frontieres in Somalia-
Read more of Dr. Fernandez's account
here.
To find out more about United Nations efforts in the region, visit that organization's country-specific site
here.
ReliefWeb is another great site to visit to learn more about humanitarian crises around the globe, news, and efforts to alleviate those crises.
posted by Alexandra at 5/11/2007 03:30:00 PM 
