Fwd: Child hunger emergency in Somalia 🚨

We need your help.     Trouble viewing this email? [View it online.]( [Somalia's worsening child hunger emergency](   {NAME}, going to bed hungry every night is not the life mothers imagine for their children, and no child should endure the pain of malnutrition. But, 1.7 million children (nearly 10% of the population) in Somalia are at risk of severe malnutrition by the year's end [unless we take immediate action.]( [We need compassionate supporters like you who will step up and join the fight against hunger.]( your support, we can provide the right amount and type of food to help children survive and grow, reaching as many as possible in time to stave off malnutrition. By working together, we can protect countless children from the devastating effects of malnutrition. [Your support as a new monthly donor is pivotal to our mission to help as many children and families as possible.]( – Angie     [CARE](   [Child Hunger Alert](   [By the end of this year, 1.7 MILLION of Somalia's youngest children will face severe malnutrition.](   That’s almost 10% of the population.   In Somalia and around the world, CARE is helping mothers feed their children and give their families a different future. [But we need compassionate supporters like you who will step up and join the fight against hunger.]( your support, we can provide the right amount and type of food to help children survive and grow, reaching as many as possible in time to stave off malnutrition. By working together, we can protect countless children from the devastating effects of malnutrition. [Your support as a CARE Partner for Change is pivotal to our mission to help as many children and families as possible.](   {NAME}, no child should suffer from malnutrition. But this crisis needs our immediate attention. CARE provides emergency food for children and long-term solutions that mean the whole family can better overcome crisis and escape the cycle of poverty. [Start a monthly gift as a CARE Partner for Change that will help provide proper nutrition to innocent children every month of the year. With your new monthly gift today, we'll send you a FREE limited-edition CARE tote to show how you carry the burden for those surviving hunger.](   Fight hunger in the most powerful way.   [Get a free limited edition tote bag with your new monthly gift.](   [START A MONTHLY GIFT](     Q&A on Somalia’s Child Hunger Emergency   How severe is the hunger emergency for children? The latest food security report estimates that by the end of this year, almost 10% of the population, 1.7 million, of the youngest children will face severe malnutrition. [Give now.]( When was the last time famine was declared in Somalia? The 2011 famine killed more than 260,000 people – more than half of them children. Nearly half of the deaths occurred before the famine was even declared. How is CARE helping children in Somalia fight hunger? CARE is helping mothers feed their children and give their families a different future. Through CARE-supported Village Savings and Loan Associations, women have access to capital that helps them feed their families, send their children to school, and start new businesses. Through nutrition and agricultural training, families learn to grow healthy food despite drought and other weather-related challenges. Access to education helps people break the cycle of poverty by improving their ability to earn income and fight for their rights.   [START A MONTHLY GIFT](     CARE helps children and families fight hunger in more than 109 countries around the world.   One in ten people around the world goes to bed hungry. 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