# Save the Children in Somalia

> What Save the Children does in Somalia: since when, people reached in 2025, who leads it, funding 2024 to 2026, and what it reports about hunger in 2026.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## What it does

Save the Children is an international charity for children. It says it has worked in Somalia since 1951, giving health, nutrition, education and child protection services. It reports reaching 3.5 million people, including 1.9 million children, across 17 regions of the country in 2025 ([Save the Children, 2026](https://www.savethechildren.net/news/somalia-one-three-people-facing-severe-food-shortages-hunger-surges-towards-2022-peak)).

## What it reports in 2026

Save the Children has issued several statements on hunger in Somalia in 2026:

- that admissions of children with severe acute malnutrition to its centres nearly tripled in six months ([Save the Children, 2026](https://www.savethechildren.net/news/somalia-children-facing-deadly-hunger-admissions-severe-malnutrition-nearly-triple-six-months));
- that one in three people faced severe food shortages, as hunger rose towards its 2022 peak ([Save the Children, 2026](https://www.savethechildren.net/news/somalia-one-three-people-facing-severe-food-shortages-hunger-surges-towards-2022-peak));
- that the Middle East conflict pushed up food and fuel prices and delayed aid ([Save the Children, 2026](https://www.savethechildren.net/news/somalia-emergency-escalates-middle-east-conflict-drives-food-and-fuel-prices-delays-aid)).

It reports that the European Union renewed funding for health and nutrition services in seven drought-hit districts ([Save the Children Somalia](https://www.savethechildren.net/somalia/news/european-union-renews-support-life-saving-services-across-seven-drought-hit-districts)).

## Who leads it

Save the Children releases in 2026 quote Mohamed Mohamud Hassan as Country Director for Somalia. A June 2026 release quotes Mohamed Abdulkadir Said as Acting Country Director ([Save the Children, 2026](https://www.savethechildren.net/news/somalia-one-three-people-facing-severe-food-shortages-hunger-surges-towards-2022-peak); [Save the Children, 2026](https://www.savethechildren.net/news/somalia-children-facing-deadly-hunger-admissions-severe-malnutrition-nearly-triple-six-months)).

## The money

OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) records humanitarian funding that donors and agencies report to it. It is not the whole budget of an organisation, and recent years are still being filled in. FTS lists these amounts received by Save the Children for work in Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)):

| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | US$12.6 million |
| 2025 | US$12.0 million |
| 2026, to November | US$14.3 million |

The same figures for 212 organisations are on [this site's aid funding list](/en/institutions/aid-organisations-funding-2024-2026/).

## How the work is shared

The federal bodies for its main areas of work are the [Ministry of Health](/en/institutions/ministry-of-health/) and the [Ministry of Education](/en/institutions/ministry-of-education/). UN figures on child malnutrition are on the [UNICEF](/en/institutions/unicef-somalia/) page.

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