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 | Jun 14, 2022 | Emergency, Food Security, Nutrition
Faduma Abukar together with her children outside their make-shift tent Faduma Abukar, is a 46 years old single mother living in an IDP settlement in Garasbaley, Somalia with her seven children (3 sons and 4 daughters). She was originally living in Barire village where...
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...
by NAPAD | Mar 22, 2022 | Emergency, Food Security
According to the UN OCHA, Horn of Africa Drought Press release, February 2022, the region is experiencing one of its worst droughts in recent history. This follows three consecutive below-average rainy seasons severely affecting 12-14 million people in Ethiopia,...
by NAPAD | Jul 9, 2021 | Education, Emergency, Food Security, Nutrition
Access to education is a fundamental human right. Yet, for millions of women and girls among the food insecure IDPs and poor households in Somalia, education has remained a dream. Berlin Mohamed is a twelve-year-old, class five student at Dollow primary school located...
by NAPAD | Mar 25, 2021 | COVID19, Emergency, hygiene, Somalia
The COVID 19 pandemic as with any crisis in a fragile state such as Somalia, has affected the availability of hygiene essentials of the often overlooked adolescent girls. Most of these girls live among the IDP community of Mogadishu and rely on free sanitary pads...
