Key Figures on Somalia –19 July 2011 [EN/AR]

General Information:

• Famine has been declared in Lower Shabelle and parts of Bakool in southern Somalia.

• Other southern regions may also be affected in the coming two months.

• Tens of thousands of people have died and many more lives are at risk.

• 3.7 million people, more than half the population, require humanitarian assistance – a 35% increase from 2.4 million in the beginning of the year.

• Cereal prices are at an all‐time high, with the cost of some commodities up by 270% in some areas in the south.

• The cost of the food basket has increased by 50% in the southern regions.

Malnutrition:

• Famine is declared when acute malnutrition rates amongst children exceed 35% and more than 2 children in 10,000 die per day.

• Malnutrition rates in parts of Bakool and Lower Shabelle are at 50% with the highest death rates exceeding six deaths in 10,000 per day.

• Immediate assistance is needed to avert the situation which could worsen in the coming months.

• More than 100,000 malnourished children have been treated in some 800 nutrition centers throughout Somalia between January and May 2011.

• 554,000 children are malnourished in the south – an increase from 476,000 – meaning, 1 in 3 children is malnourished.

Displacement:

• 68,000 Somalis have arrived in Kenya and 54,000 in Ethiopia refugee camps since January

• Nearly 135,000 Somalis have fled their country since January mainly due to the drought.

• 15,300 people have been displaced into Mogadishu from other regions since 1 July.

• An average of 1,700 and 1,300 Somalis are arriving in Ethiopia and Kenya respectively on a daily basis.

• Nearly 800,000 Somalis are displaced in the region – Kenya (423,000) Yemen (188,000), Ethiopia (140,000), while others are in Uganda, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea and Tanzania.

• 1.46 million people are IDPs within Somalia living in poor conditions. The majority of IDPs – 409,000‐‐are living along the Afgooye Corridor, a 30 kilometre stretch of road between Mogadishu to Afgooye Town.

• Another 372,000 are protracted IDPs living in Mogadishu since the early 1990s.

Funding

Consolidated Appeal for Somalia:

• The CAP is 47% funded – US$265 million out of the required $561 million in the mid‐year review, leaving a gap of $296 million.

• Roughly $300 million is required in the next two months to scale up response in Somalia.

Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF):

• In 2011, $35 million of the $45 million available through the second Standard Allocation of the CHF was allocated to drought response activities focusing on food, livelihoods, water and health sectors.

• $13.6 million has been allocated through the emergency reserve for drought response from January 2011 to date.

Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF):

• $15 million was allocated from the under‐funded window to address the drought situation in the most affected areas of south and central regions of Somalia.

• A $28 million request has been submitted to the CERF rapid response window for food assistance, nutrition, agriculture and livelihoods, health, water sanitation & hygiene and logistics.