As climate change and conflict continue to take a heavy toll on the people of Somalia, humanitarian aid has been reduced to unprecedented levels, leaving critical life-saving support virtually unavailable. Millions of people, already displaced or affected by crises, are being stripped of the only assistance they had.
Humanitarian organizations are struggling to sustain operations due to lack of funding. Water trucking to drought-stricken rural areas has stopped, food assistance has been reduced or cut entirely, and child nutrition programmes are no longer functioning. Over 4.6 million people are facing severe food insecurity, while 3.5 million displaced people rely entirely on humanitarian support to survive.
Aid providers can no longer maintain life-saving interventions as before. This has led to the suspension of key programmes, the closure of health facilities, and a sharp reduction in field presence. Health services, sanitation, and nutrition support have been severely compromised.
The situation is especially dire in South West State, where 40 health centres have closed, and mobile outreach teams have been drastically reduced. In Puntland, none of the 29 public health units remain operational. In Banadir, more than 12,000 malnourished children—including those suffering from severe acute malnutrition—are at risk of losing access to treatment as 20 feeding sites face imminent closure.
By mid-2025, critical sectors such as food, water, sanitation, and nutrition have received less than 50 per cent of the funding they had at this time last year. These gaps put countless lives at risk. Urgent, reliable, and sustained funding is the only way to prevent the worsening of this crisis.
