Local volunteers and members of the Canadian Somali community packed family emergency kits for African countries ravaged by severe drought conditions. (CBC)Local volunteers and members of the Canadian Somali community packed family emergency kits Saturday to help the nearly 20 million people in east African countries affected by severe drought conditions. Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, was at Saturday’s event. Originally from Somalia, Mohamud has lived in Canada for 25 years and has taken this opportunity to give back. Volunteer Osob Mohamud has taken Saturday’s event as an opportunity to give back to Somalia.