Somalia famine baby back from brink of death

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As Minhaj Gedi Farah lay silently on a hospital bed three months ago, even his mother had given up hope that the skeletal Somali baby would live. Weeks of intensive feeding, though, have transformed him into a chubby-cheeked boy who crawls.

The is one of several stories highlighted Wednesday in an annual New York fundraising event held by the aid group International Rescue Committee, which helped nurse Minhaj back to health.

Famine has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Somali children this year, but the U.N. said despite restrictions by Islamist insurgents, heavy rains and fighting, aid agencies are expanding their reach. Food aid is now getting to 2.2 million of the 4 million Somalis who need it, the U.N. said.


http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-famine-baby-back-brink-death-153615392.html

Darling baby!

:loveya:

Plump and bright-eyed and radiant and trying to focus!

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:applause:
rocktivity

Great news