The quandary of Refugees

Many people in the horn of Africa are facing serious food crisis amid high food and fuel prices making them in need of food and humantarian assistance.many are trying to survive in the eyes of severe drought,fueled by high cost of living which is shooting up every day with low incomes mainly in parts of kenya,somalia and ethiopia. Estimated 9 million people are under going these traumatic experience according to the UN findings.many of them being children and women who can not support themselves or even their family making them to rely on reliefs.children affected are estimated to be 2 million with serious problem most of them facing malnutrition related diseases of which many succumbed to it. numbers of malnourished children are increasing daily in the affected areas. recently refugee camps in kenya have experienced influx of refugees caused by conflict in somalia,and threats from Al shaabab militia,making unbearable for many somali's to stay in their native places.people fleeing from somalia were confronted by many challenges such as walking for long distances, lack of food and water, attack by malitia exposing many ladies to threats from the armed malitia group! my recent encounter with some new arrivals of refugees in one of dadaab refugee camps was horrible! this was there comments " i come a distance of 500km walking,with no sign of food or water to quench my thirst for seven days.the most painful of all was leaving some of my children in the wilderness who were not able to walk not knowing if they have been feast by animals or still alive and kicking may ALLAH help us" that was a midddle age man mohamed warsame.the 2nd one was a lady in anonimity, her experience was so traumatic as she narrated to me part of what she went through and here it is " i watched my fellow ladies stripped naked and been raped so ruthless by gang men who belong the most active militia groups in somalia and they did the same to me, men raping me one after another.some lady friends of me died of the injuries incured during the incident,thanks to GOD i survived but i could not walk properly" so nasty it is.it has been from the frying pan to the fire.thanks all some articles of the nature coming soon follow me on this.