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| Hoto daga Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance |
| Wata ‘yar Somaliya da ta isa kasar, tana jiran a raba abinci a cibiyar karbar ‘yan gudun hijira ta Dagahaley, wani bangare na sansanin ‘yan gudun hijira na Dadaab a arewa maso gabashin Kenya. |
Dubban 'yan Somaliya ne ake fargabar sun mutu sakamakon yunwar da ta addabi gabashin yankin gabashin Afirka a cikin fari mafi muni tun shekara ta 1950. Rashin damina kuma a bana na nufin noman Oktoba ba zai samar da isasshen abinci ba. Rashin amfanin gona zai jefa mutane miliyan 11, galibi a Somalia, Habasha da Kenya, cikin hadarin rashin abinci mai gina jiki.
"Wannan rikicin jin kai ne da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba wanda ya cancanci kulawa da goyan bayan duniya," in ji Zach Wolgemuth, mataimakin darektan ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa.
A farkon makon da ya gabata, Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta ayyana barkewar yunwa a wasu sassan kudancin Somaliya a hukumance a karon kusan shekaru ashirin. Matsalar abinci ta zama yunwa kawai idan an cika wasu sharuɗɗa - aƙalla kashi 20 na gidaje suna fuskantar matsanancin ƙarancin abinci tare da ƙarancin iya jurewa; matsanancin rashin abinci mai gina jiki ya wuce kashi 30; kuma adadin wadanda suka mutu ya zarce mutum biyu a rana a cikin mutum 10,000.
Sauran abubuwan da ke kara tabarbarewar karancin abinci a Somaliya sun hada da gwamnatin rikon kwarya ta kasar, fadace-fadacen da ake fama da su, da yawaitar gudun hijira, da talauci da kuma cututtuka. Tafiya da ƙafa na tsawon makonni ko watanni don gujewa fari, dubban 'yan Somaliya da suka rasa matsugunansu suna ta kwararowa a kan iyaka zuwa makwabciyarta Kenya ɗauke da ƙananan yara da duk wani abu da za su iya sarrafawa. Wasu uwayen sun iso da matattun jarirai a hannunsu.
Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta fitar da dala 40,000 daga Asusun Ba da Agajin Bala’i don tallafa wa yunƙurin agaji na abokin tarayya na Coci World Service (CWS). Dangane da roko da CWS ta fitar a ranar 21 ga Yuli, 2011, hukumar tana mai da hankali kan ayyukan agajin gaggawa da kuma shirin samar da abinci da ruwa na dogon lokaci. Aikin yana mai da hankali ne a Kenya, Somaliya da Habasha.
Roko na CWS ya bayyana cewa aikin nan da nan a Kenya, tare da haɗin gwiwar ACT Alliance (Aiki ta Ikklisiya Tare), zai ƙunshi samar da fakitin abinci na iyali, ƙarin abinci mai gina jiki na Unimix ga yara 'yan ƙasa da shekaru biyar, da kuma yin tinkere na ruwa. Shirin zai shafi iyalai sama da 97,500. Na dogon lokaci, CWS za ta ƙarfafa yunƙurin rage haɗarin bala'i tare da samar da abinci, abinci mai gina jiki, da ƙoƙarin rayuwa, da gina tsarin ruwa na dindindin.
Ƙoƙarin da CWS ke tallafawa a Somaliya an mayar da hankali ne kan ba da gudummawa ga aikin ta 'yan uwan mambobi na ACT Alliance: Lutheran World Federation da Norwegian Church Aid. Wannan ya hada da abinci na gaggawa, abubuwan da ba na abinci ba (matsuguni, tufafi, kayan tsafta), ruwa da tsaftar muhalli a lokacin rikicin a sansanonin kan iyaka guda uku da ke dauke da wasu 'yan gudun hijira 358,000 a halin yanzu.
A Habasha, CWS tana tallafawa ƙoƙarin mayar da martani na Cocin Iblis na Habasha Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission, wanda ke ba da agajin abinci ga mutane 68,812. Rabon da ake yi duk wata ya kunshi alkama da wake da man girki. Yara 'yan kasa da shekaru biyar, da masu juna biyu ko masu shayarwa suna samun karin abinci, wanda aka sani da Famix, suma.
Ana iya aika gudummawar don tallafawa fari da yunwa na Gabashin Afirka zuwa: Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa, Church of the Brothers, 1451 Dundee Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120 ko kuma a yi ta kan layi a www.brethren.org/africafamine.
Jane Yount, Mai Gudanarwa na Ma'aikatun Bala'i na Yan'uwa, a New Windsor, Maryland.