He used a homemade irrigation system on a piece of farmland he manages for a local landowner. People have lost whatever they had and have gone into camps for internally displaced people. Mohamed, 35, is from the Bantu community in the south of Somalia, and, with his wealth of agricultural knowledge, he is also helping dozens of pastoral families who have congregated nearby in a camp for displaced people. The group is particularly sizable in Canada, where just under 45,000 people give their ethnic origin as Somali, while the U.S. state of Minnesota has a large community running into the tens of thousands. Initially, people have drawn on their own coping mechanisms for the drought, says Sarman, who works for an international aid agency. The tank is dying, he says, gesturing toward the rusting structure, which stores water drawn from a borehole 500 meters (1,640 feet) beneath. There was more rainfall here than in other areas last year, so local farmers have a small amount of fodder and grass. People have lost whatever they had and have gone into camps for internally displaced people. WhatsApp is a worldwide messaging application for cell phones. Then they deposit the money into a bank account set up by Dahabshiil, the international funds transfer company created in 1970 by a Somali businessperson, and post a photo of the receipt in the group to prove that the money is there. They are desperate for the support of an international relief operation that is still proving slow in its response. Mohamed, 35, is from the Bantu community in the south of Somalia, and, with his wealth of agricultural knowledge, he is also helping dozens of pastoral families who have congregated nearby in a camp for displaced people. If I am not here to constantly regulate the use of the water tank, then there are problems because people fight or misuse it, he says. Humanitarian organizations have been warning that 6.2 million Somalis are on the brink of famine. Aside from approaches such as the WhatsApp groups, Somalis have also been helping each other in more traditional ways.