Somalia is an East African country located on the Somali Peninsula. Somalia has been in a state of civil war for many years, and its internal policy divisions have led to constant tension. The entire territory of Somalia is dominated by gentle low plateaus, with the height gradually decreasing from north to south. There are coastal plains, inland plateaus, northern mountains and other terrain areas. There are Shabelle and Juba rivers. The northeastern and central regions of Somalia are arid areas, while the northwest and south are semi-arid areas. About 1.64% of the country's land is arable land.
Most parts of Somalia have a tropical desert climate. The annual precipitation decreases from 500 to 600 mm to less than 100 mm from south to north. Cyclone storms from the North Indian Ocean occasionally hit the northeastern coast. The temperature is hot throughout the year, with the daily maximum temperature averaging 30 to 40 degrees. There are Somalis who will never leave this harsh environment. Every day is a fight against life, surviving tenaciously.
As the civil war continues, although the government has announced a cessation of fighting, only the Somali people know that the promises written in this book are just lies used to seal the truth, and hell is still not far away. Faced with the harsh living environment, the turbulent situation, and the tests given by nature, the Somalis are thankful that they still survived.
Somali people do not have high requirements for life and mainly focus on survival. Being able to have three meals of food and clothing is the best gift God has given them. Since they don't have much, they don't have high requirements for life. They may not know what a refrigerator is because the power supply alone is a delusion of luxury. They may not know what a theater looks like, let alone what kind of entertainment they want to enjoy in life. Many times they have to fight famine, and more often they have to fight against death. As long as we can survive, nothing is more important than this. Another thing that needs attention is hygiene. Environmental hygiene directly or indirectly affects people's health. In Somalia, the harsh living environment leads to poor development of children. Coupled with a lack of food, most Somali children are malnourished. On the other hand, the mortality rate of pregnant women in Somalia is also quite high. Hospitals that lack major measures are the most tragic pain for pregnant women. Every year, the number of mothers who die during childbirth is far greater than those who die of illness or war. Orphans are the cruelest curse for Somalia, and survival is already difficult and dangerous. For the orphans who have to face all this, it is like a puddle of water on a hot desert, gradually evaporated by nature. As if it had never existed, it disappeared into the desolate dust.
Regarding all this, those of us in another world may feel despair, as if God has already sentenced the Somalis to death. However, for Somalis who have lived in such an environment for a long time, it is the most ordinary day. Death is not a strange thing, because death also means the birth of another life. In Somalia, children don't worry too much about what tomorrow will bring. They are more concerned about how they spend their day, with big smiles always on their faces. In the eyes of children, they don't know what poverty is, they don't know what pain is, they just feel helpless in this world. But just because I have never had it before, I quickly adapted to everything, as if everything was taken for granted.