by NAPAD | Sep 10, 2025 | Access to Justice, Animal health, clean energy, Climate change, Conflict Resolution, Innovation, Livelihoods, Livestock, solarenergy, Somalia, WASH, Water, Women
Three years ago, in 2022, life in Kahandale Village, Galgadud Region, revolved around the daily struggle to find water. Women and girls bore the heaviest burden, walking long distances under the scorching sun to fetch water from unreliable sources. The long treks not...
by NAPAD | Jun 15, 2023 | Agroforestry, Animal health, Cash Assistance, Climate change, Conflict Resolution, Drought, Education, Emergency, Food Security, irrigation, Livelihoods, Livestock, Peacebuilding, solarenergy, WASH, Youth
NAPAD is pleased to present the annual report for the year 2022, detailing the achievements and progress made by our organization. It has been a challenging year, with the drought in the Horn of Africa which threatened the onset of famine in some areas. Nevertheless,...
by NAPAD | Jul 18, 2022 | Animal health, Emergency, Livelihoods, Livestock
According to a report by the UNOCHA, 3 million livestock in Somalia have already died due to hunger and dehydration. Families are taking desperate measures to survive, leaving their homes in search of food, pasture, water and alternative livelihoods, increasing the...
by NAPAD | Jan 15, 2021 | Animal health, Food Security, Livelihoods, Livestock
Livestock play an important economic, social and cultural function for the pastoralist community in Galmudug State, Somalia. They sustain the wellbeing of the households and loss of these productive assets severely affect the household food security and ...
by NAPAD | Jan 7, 2021 | Animal health, clean energy, Climate change, Food Security, Livelihoods, Livestock, solarenergy, Somalia, WASH
Dalsan, a village roughly 20km from Abudwak town, hosts 400 households who rely on a diesel-powered generator. The high cost of running the generator and regularly breakdown forced the Dalsan community to turn to unsafe water sources such as water ponds. “Getting...
by NAPAD | Jul 22, 2020 | Animal health, Climate change, Emergency, Food Security, Livelihoods, Livestock, WASH
Sahara Adan having her goat treated in Deka village Gedo Deka Village, Elwak district in Gedo Somalia has been the home of 38-year-old Sahara Adan Dhicis for the past 8 years. A widow and the sole breadwinner for her 8 children, Sahara relies on her small herd as the...
