Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike
Guardian readers crowdfunded life-saving surgery for a Somali boy who was severely injured in a US drone strike. The operation followed a journalistic investigation that exposed the civilian casualties caused by the strike.
Why it matters
It demonstrates the impact of investigative journalism in mobilizing humanitarian aid for victims of conflict.
Abdiqadir Salah and his mother, Marian Haji Abdi Guled. ‘I didn’t know people like this existed,’ she says of the people who raised the money for her son’s surgery. Photograph: Mohamed Gabobe Abdiqadir Salah and his mother, Marian Haji Abdi Guled. ‘I didn’t know people like this existed,’ she says of the people who raised the money for her son’s surgery. Photograph: Mohamed Gabobe Global development Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike After Guardian investigation uncovered drone strike that killed 12 civilians and injured many more, seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah underwent vital operation in Mogadishu
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