How you can help fight famine in Africa

March 30, 2017 at 4:11AM
Khalid Mohamed gets a phone business to hang a sign for Dine Out for Somalia while at Village Market.
Khalid Mohamed gets a phone business to hang a sign for Dine Out for Somalia while at Village Market. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa (ARAHA), an international nonprofit based in Columbia Heights, is accepting donations through its website: https://araha.org/.

Feed My Starving Children, an international nonprofit based in Coon Rapids, is accepting donations and volunteers through its website: www.fmsc.org/.

Dine Out for Somalia, a grass-roots effort by 60-plus local restaurant owners, will donate a portion of sales on April 7 to drought and famine relief. For a list of participating restaurants: https://www.facebook.com/dineoutsomalia/.

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