Tag: Famine

  • Tweet City Heights: More on CalWorks and Help for Mixed-Status Families

    By Megan Burks The Fallout From Brown’s Proposed Welfare Cuts This week, we took a look at how Gov. Jerry Brown’s state budget proposal may impact City Heights residents. The proposal calls for deep cuts to CalWorks, a welfare-to-work program many families in the neighborhood rely on. HealthyCal.org published a good explainer on the proposal…

  • U.S. Bank Shuts Down Money Wiring Service to Somalia

    By Maureen Cavanaugh and Patty Lane Abdulmalik Buul in Somalia | Photo courtesy of KPBS Franklin Bank was the only U.S. bank that still facilitated money-wire transfers to Somalia – until now. The bank is shutting down the service. Franklin says continuing the transfers was too risky; there’s a fear that the bank could be…

  • City Heights Man Hands Out Food Aid to Famine Victims in Somalia

    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…

  • Local Somali Youth Leader Heads to Somalia to Help Famine Victims

    By Amita Sharma As the famine in Somalia spreads, a San Diego Somali man leaves for his homeland today to hand deliver aid. His goal is to assess the crisis and work on self-sufficiency. United Nations officials say tens of thousands of Somalis have died in the famine. Many victims are unable to walk to…

  • Local Somali Youth Take Lead In Fundraising for Famine Victims

    A member of the Somali Youth League participates in a car wash fundraiser in San Diego to help famine victims in Somalia. | Photo Credit: Somali Youth League By Amita Sharma It’s the story of a mother who left her home in Somalia with her six children seeking food at a Kenyan refugee camp that…