Famine and malnutrition was a big problem in Somalia and it was taking Somalia over. Everywhere they went, dead bodies were lying around and ruined buildings. It is such a hard time to get past through.
My best friend, Anna since birth was waiting for me in the entrance of the forest. As soon as I reached there, she hugged me tightly saying,
'oh Ally, I'm so glad you're alright.'
Although we were only 12 years old, we knew we had to be brave because no rain have been coming to Somalia and because of that, none of the crops were growing. It was affecting the animals too and most importantly, humans. Everywhere we went, there will always be dead bodies laying around. Luckily for us, a missionary, John from London came to Somalia and tried to help us by giving us food and drinks. He is a really nice guy and he actually lives with me since all of my family died a year ago.
Each day, Anna and I would go deep into the forests and try to look for something edible but over the past 6 days, we haven't been getting any. Since the famine is getting much more severe, more and more people are going out into the forests to get the food they need. Day by day, they got weaker and weaker.
Even though John gave food out, Anna and I would always reject it and only accepted it on certain times because we knew that the people out there needed it much more than we do. I knew that Anna was getting so weak because recently, she couldn't even pass the half-way mark of the forest. I had a feeling that she wasn't going to last any longer and I was right.
"Ally, I-I-I don't think that I'm going to l-l-live for so long anymore." Anna said to me stuttering from the cold.
"No," I insisted, "You can get through this and you will. You're stronger than this Anna, and I know you are."
Day by day, Anna got weaker and weaker and eventually, after a week, she died from starvation and malnutrition. Ally was devastated. She just lost her best friend. Each day, she would get flashbacks from memories that happened and it just made things worse.
John tried to comfort her with everything but still, she wouldn't let go until one day, he told her about Jesus Christ. Slowly, she got better and after a few months, she became a follow of Christ.
But after 5 months since Anna died, it was summer and the people in Somalia were still dying. Their population was decreasing rapidly. Everything was dry and they could hardly get any clean water. All they could eat and drink was salty cabbages and dirty water.
As soon as John realised that the people were suffering and that the food he brought was running out, he decided go back to London and bring more food from there. Once again, Ally was devastated but when John thought back and remembered that she has no one else, he decided to take her back with him to London. Ally was jumping for joy.
"Thank you for letting go with you. Sometimes, I just can't stand that place," Ally said while shaking her head, "too much bad memories."
"It's okay, it's true. So much terrible things have happened to you while you were there. It's time for you to go some place else." John said.
Once they arrived in London, they head straight back to John's missionary campaign. He told the other missionaries about the trip.
"It was a horrible place. The famine, starvation and malnutrition is taking over Somalia. Dead bodies were lying everywhere and old, ruined buildings. Millions of people have died and we need to help them." John said strongly.
They all nodded their heads vigorously. They needed to do something to help them. Over the next 3 days, thousands of posters were hung everywhere. Because of that, they were able to get over 10 million dollars per month. They used that money to buy food and drinks and then ship it to Somalia.
Ally was extremely happy and grateful that her home town was finally going to be a much better place and she hopes that her people there are happy.
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