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Abdurrahman is from Gode town of the Somali region in Ethiopia. The child is back to his smiles after Save the Children helped him undergo a major surgery in Addis Ababa to remove the tumor on the left side of his chest.

Meriem sees the importance of complementary feeding and tries to be creative to feed Abdimahad well within her own means.

“Our biggest concern now is the shortage of food and drinking water. We drink unsafe and contaminated water that we fetch from an open well.

When she was admitted she was 48 months old and she weighed 7.3 kgs, where the normal weight for that age group is 13 Kgs.

Zenebu has been receiving emergency food assistance from USAID’s Joint Emergency Operation project throughout this year. The food distribution in late June near her village marked the third time she got food assistance.