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title: "Gorsho"
description: "“We are in an emergency situation. We need everything, but food first.”"
url: "https://www.nrc.no/more-than-a-number-home/gorsho"
language: "en"
published: "2017-07-09T18:30:00Z"
modified: "2017-07-05T12:02:28Z"
---

# Gorsho

Published 09. Jul 2017

[More than a number](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=312)

This article was first published more than 9 years ago

“We are in an emergency situation. We need everything, but food first.”

Gorsho, 39, is the mother of 8 children, who are all #morethananumber in a statistic. Somalia is experiencing its worst drought in 20 years, and Gorsho is taking care of the family by herself. A month ago, she lost her 4-year-old daughter Fotuma: “I am afraid because I cannot pay the medication my children need,” she says, adding: “I do not want to lose all my children because of hunger and malnutrition”.