On a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) led mission, together with friends from Saudi Arabia and a few Somali leaders, I will be visiting Hagadera Camp, the very same camp I was born and grew up in, and use my new found voice to meet and inspire other young girls, fund raise and continue campaigning about refugee climate crisis, it’s impact and how it can be dealt with effectively to avoid similar recurring problems.

Nearly 120,000 refugee Somalis are currently living at Hagadera refugee camp, and some are struggling to cope with the impact of severe drought. While authorities are providing some life saving aid especially food, long term sustainable solutions are needed to mitigate effects of climate shocks on Somalis whose coping capacities are eroded.

For instance,drought induced shock can be felt even before the same population recovered from the 2017 drought that displaced them and decimated their livestock and livelihoods.

Please learn how to support Somalia to deal with climate change and it’s effects on refugees particularly children and women, by visiting the link below.

www.climatepromise.undp.org