As we speak , there is another drought in the coastal region of Awdal. Usually people hear these tragedies after people start dying. While lack of rain and the geographical nature of the region is the main reason for these recurring droughts, local people, the region and the so called government in Somaliland could do much more to help these people. They could build water reservoirs , establish fishing communities, and create drought observation measures to detect before they become natural disaster. They did not even spent and distributed the money raised for the last drought. The donor nations spending millions of dollars in Somaliland to help the poor people of the region, yet all that money goes to the coffers of the elite. These donor countries are either corrupt themselves or they would have demanded the results on the ground or where the aid money were spent. If you visit the website or read the mission and the vision of the western aid agencies, their most basic criteria is improving health care, especially for women and children, education, and sustainable development like fishing communities, agriculture, and rural development. Yet a very small percentage of that money goes to the people who need these services. Now, the Somali government must intervene and scrutinize the activity of these agencies and their aid. No wells were built, no water reservoirs were built, and there were no roads or fishing communities established. All the money went to Hargeisa and ended up to the coffers of the elite. One of the major reason of the inflation is that there are looted millions of dollars in the market with few commodities like food, clothing, fuel and other which are all imported. Those from Awdal who are sitting in Mogadishu must demand their share of the federal government and transfer the money to well established local aid agencies like Amoud foundation and help alleviate the poverty. You can not leave these people at the mercy of a hungry tribe who is building tribal capacity not the people's capacity. Last year when a similar but deadly drought hit the Awdal coast, the MOgadishu elders brought a million dollar of relieve to help the Awdal people in particular. Could you imagine that only $150,000 of that money were allocated for Awdal the rest is take by the tribe. Everything that is functioning in Awdal is built by the people. The only problem we have in the Awdal a dysfunctional government both locally and in Hargeisa.The so called governor from Hargeisa is chewing his Qat us usual while people are suffering. President Farmaajo, we want a direct aid to Awdal. We no longer trust the Hargeisa click to help these people. No more foreign aid for corrupt oligarchs. If these aides does not reach the intended people, they must be stopped. Stop the aid, stop the looting. If there is any issue the Awdal diaspora could do any thing is this issue. Go to the EU countries and their embassies and demand that these money either be stopped or go to the right people.