fragile oasis

Convoy for Hope

In Somalia, the worst drought in 60 years has produced a famine that experts say is one of the most devastating our planet has ever experienced. Hunger has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes and into overcrowded refugee camps. Many have to walk for up to one month through the harsh Somali desert to reach these camps.

The numbers are staggering – the UN estimates that up to 750,000 Somalis may have died by the end of 2011.



Convoy for Hope is an emergency food relief program designed by the Global Enrichment Foundation to support the Somali people during this crisis.

Our beneficiaries are the most vulnerable: children, women, the elderly, and the disabled.

Food baskets are laden with staples like rice, flour, sugar, salt, milk powder and cooking oil, as well as vitamin enriched porridge and biscuits designed for malnourished and compromised systems.