Somalia Crisis Cannot Wait, Never Again: End the Funding Exclusion, Save Lives Now

Country: Somalia Sources: ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children's Villages International, Terre des hommes, World Vision Please refer to the attached file. Joint Statement by Joining Forces Alliance, East and Southern Africa Region ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children International, SOS Children’s Villages International, Terre des Hommes International Federation, and World Vision International The Joining Forces Alliance expresses deep alarm at the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in Somalia. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) findings show that nearly 6.5 million people across Somalia are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, while more than 1.8 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition. Among them, hundreds of thousands face severe acute malnutrition requiring urgent treatment. These are not simply numbers. They represent children going to bed hungry, families forced from their homes by repeated drought and conflict, and mothers struggling to make impossible trade-offs to keep their children alive. Somalia is once again approaching the brink of catastrophe. Unlike previous crises, this emergency unfolds as humanitarian resources shrink, and Somalia is excluded from key pooled funding mechanisms within the international humanitarian system. Alarming data confirm a sharp reduction in humanitarian resources. Figures show that funding requirements dropped from approximately $1.42 billion in the 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan to $852 million in 2026—nearly a 40 per cent reduction, not due to declining needs, but tough funding decisions. Exclusion from Pooled Funds is Deepening the Crisis At the very moment Somalia requires rapid and flexible financi...

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