FeedingSomalia.org was created by a group of concerned individuals wanting to make a significant impact in the life’s of the people of Somalia. In August, 2011, the famine in Somalia was widespread and tens of thousands of people were facing imminent death by starvation in the months to come. Hearing this we knew that a resolution [...]
The mission of FeedingSomalia.org is to share the story of the need and the answer to the starving people in Somalia by telling about our successful delivery of food at a low cost to the neediest people. Our belief is that by connecting the abundant money in the US to the people in need, we [...]
FeedingSomalia.org works in partnership with the local Somali programs to feed the neediest people in the country. Mogadishu, the capital, is considered the poorest city in Somalia and is the focus of our donations. Here, there are 300,000 internally displaced Somalis, that is people who have gathered their belongings and moved elsewhere looking to survive. [...]
The long-standing absence of authority in the country has led to Somali pirates becoming a major threat to international shipping in the area, and has prompted Nato to take the lead in an anti-piracy operation.
In 2011, the plight of the Somali people was exacerbated by the worst drought in six decades, which left millions of people on the verge
LINKS FOR FEEDINGSOMALIA www.feedingsomalia.org Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Feeding-Somalia/249128851801421 Facebook http://vimeo.com/53744428 July 2012 trip video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6Wiy_h06A Part 1 October 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daEcLLJyGo4 Part 2 October 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dclKgc5JnU Pepperdine/Laguna Nursery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JGxijr5mwU 3 minute video (GAIN) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWmHItZiUws Saratoga May 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTeOP3atPJM 1 minute video Website http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hQuI2BtzLA Laguna November 2012
FeedingSomalia Event Adventures in Giving Join us for our first planning meeting for the June FeedingSomalia trip to Kenya! Be part of the team as we prepare for our trip. Come in person if you live locally or call in if you live far, far away. We’ll talk [...]
Our 2nd annual Fundraiser at the beautiful Laguna Nursery will take place on November 17, 6-9 pm! The event will feature beer tasting and education by Brewmaster Randal Dilibero from Left Coast Brewing Co. This event will have wine, food and silent auction all to raise money to buy food for Somali refugees. Tickets cost [...]
Save the date! Feeding Somalia fundraiser at the exclusive Laguna Nursery! 1370 South Coast Highway Laguna Beach, CA Saturday November 17, 2012. Food, wine, and silent auction.
Here is a link to the newspaper article about the recent trip to Somalia! http://www.ocregister.com/news/somalia-369018-meltvedt-food.html
This is going out as we look back with satisfaction on the trip that Mike and Ray just returned from last week. The goal of the trip was to feed as many people as possible with the money you have given. Here are some of highlights of the trip: -bought and distributed 386,666 meals [...]
June 16, 2012-FeedingSomalia had its 4th successful fundraising gathering at the Talega Swim Club! Although this one did have some nice wine, we turned focus to learning through our speaker from Somalia. He gave us his perspective of the tenacity of the Somali people and what it means to be a human being. Besides the [...]
When living our lives, sometimes we realize its time to do things differently…its time to take a stand on the thing we’ve always been wanting to do, and do it boldly. That’s what it was for me. I knew there were many issues in the world that needed help and quite frankly, I was overwhelmed [...]
