With a lack of ###### and water, Somalis are ###### to one another for ######. They can't wait for ###### from their government or ###### groups as they face ###### possible famine.

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, ######.]]>
###### Communities In U.S. And Canada

Part ###### the growing networks are ###### with roots in Somali, ###### are spread all over ###### world. In Canada, just ###### 45,000 people give their ###### as Somali. The U.S. ###### of Minnesota also has ###### large community in the ###### of thousands.

However, smaller ###### have smaller networks and ###### ties outside the country.]]>
Charity groups have ###### that 6.2 million Somalis ###### on the edge of ######. Help has been slow ###### coming.

Saad Ali Shire ###### the foreign minster of ######. It is next to ######. He says that food, ###### and medicine are needed ######.

Traveling Herders Are Suffering

Somalis have also been ###### each other in more ###### ways. In Somaliland, small ###### communities that have been ###### to harvest some crops ###### been taking in families ###### by a third straight ###### of drought. In many ######, the traveling herders have ###### all of their goats ###### sheep.

Outside the city ###### Burao, Barre Mohamed shows ###### the green patch of ###### he has grown.]]>
###### is 35 years old. ###### is from the Bantu ###### in the south of ######. With his farm knowledge, ###### helps families who have ###### nearby in a camp. ###### farm shares water with ###### from a tank, and ######. Life is still a ######, though.

"We can only ###### so much, and the ###### have worn and need ###### be replaced because they ###### leaking. The tank is ######" he says.

The lack ###### water creates trouble between ###### people and those already ######. If he is not ###### to control the use ###### the water tank, then ###### fight, he says.]]>
It has helped some ###### "but time is running ######" he says.

An Area With Grass Attracts Newcomers

To Somaliland's ######, small numbers of people ###### their remaining animals have ###### in villages such as ###### Malko. There was more ###### here than in other ###### last year, so farmers ###### some grass.

A village ###### has been directing the ###### of the new people, ###### Alice Ennals. She works ###### a Norwegian group helping ###### support farmers.

People in ###### village give help without ###### it, she says. They ###### they might need support ###### day too, she says.]]>