by NAPAD | Mar 30, 2023 | clean energy, Climate change, Food Security, irrigation, Livelihoods, Nutrition, solarenergy
Close to the River Jubba in Dollow district, Gedo region in Jubaland lies the Qurdubey village. The village is mainly inhabited by agro pastoralists, who practice irrigation agriculture along the river banks. This subsistence agriculture was characterized by the use...
by NAPAD | Jan 31, 2023 | Climate change, Food Security, irrigation, Livelihoods, Mandera County, solarenergy
The current drought in Northern Kenya is unprecedented in its scale and duration, leading to critical food insecurity and rising malnutrition rates among people in the 29 counties classified as ASAL communities. According to an October drought report by the ASAL...
by NAPAD | Jan 26, 2023 | clean energy, Climate change, solarenergy, WASH
Water scarcity in Tuula Qalooc village Maimuna Mohammed is a mother of six living in Tuula Qalooc village, Gedo region, Somalia. For most of her life, she has had to walk for 4 km every day to the river Jubba to fetch water for her household. The journey was made...
by NAPAD | Nov 24, 2022 | Climate change, Drought, hygiene, Somalia, WASH
According to the Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN), 1.4 million individuals have been displaced internally within Somalia in 2022. These include 926,000 displacements due to the ongoing drought and 68,000 new displacements in September 2022 alone. Most...
by NAPAD | Jun 21, 2022 | Access to Justice, clean energy, Climate change, COVID19, Education, Livelihoods, Livestock, solarenergy, WASH
This report looks at the impact of NAPAD in 2021 and we look forward to a future where we will continue to serve the most vulnerable populations in Kenya, Somalia and now Ethiopia. NAPAD 2021 ANNUAL REPORT...
by NAPAD | Apr 27, 2022 | Climate change, Emergency, Food Security
The drought in Somalia has worsened to the point where the country is on the verge of famine. According to the UN OCHA drought Press release of April 2022, approximately 6.1 million people have been affected by the drought, with approximately 759,000 people being...
