Clan, or ######, networks have been around ###### long time in Somalia. ###### is a country in ###### Africa. Networks are the ###### for Somali society as ###### as its safety net. ###### these networks with social ######, communities are using WhatsApp ###### help families. WhatsApp is ###### worldwide messaging app for ###### phones. Groups are set ###### by clans in the ######.

"This is the first ###### this has been done, ###### of the level of ######" says Jamal Abdi Sarman.]]>
Pooling Their Money

###### family needs about $60 ###### month, so members of ###### group decide how many ###### they can help. Then ###### put the money into ###### bank account set up ###### a money transfer company.

###### committee of five people ###### the money and uses ###### for the families. They ###### buy rice, powdered milk ###### water.

People started out ###### their own ways to ###### the water shortage, says ######. He works for a ###### help agency.

However, now ###### too big for them ###### manage, he says. "People ###### lost whatever they had ###### have gone into camps," ###### says.

"The WhatsApp groups ###### organized by one person, ###### it just took off, ######.]]>