By Amita Sharma
A San Diego man delivered aid to 250 families at refugee camps this week.
San Diego Somali Youth League leader Abdimalik Buul says he distributed bags of rice, wheat and sugar to people at a camp inside the capital Mogadishu. He also passed out tarp for tents, mats and silverware. Buul says refugees were grateful to receive the aid from San Diego.
He says hungry refugees are descending on Mogadishu from all over the country.
“The city is in shambles,” Buul said. “The infrastructure has collapsed.”
Buul said refugees are settling in on any empty space they can find: corners, abandoned buildings or next to mosques.
“There are little makeshift refugee camps all around the city,” Buul said. “The people are relocating wherever they can because the refugee process is taking too long.”
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