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 | Jan 7, 2021 | clean energy, Food Security, HEALTH, Livelihoods, Nutrition, solarenergy, Somalia
Abudwak, Galmudug state being arid and water scarce, there is a common perception that it is not suitable for farming. Farming is the least thing discussed in many households in this remote part of the country. That notion is slowly fading away for many...
by NAPAD | Oct 16, 2020 | Education, Food Security, Somalia
Belet -Hawa located along the border in Gedo Region shares a long insecure border line with Kenya and Ethiopia. Cyclic drought, armed conflict, limited services and severe food insecurity are key recurrent problems experienced in the district. Children have been the...
by NAPAD | Sep 21, 2020 | Education, Food Security, HEALTH, hygiene, Somalia
Every day hundreds of traders and consumers flock into markets in Kismayu to purchase various commodities, especially food items. Bread and meat are a staple and typical food in Kismayu. Currently, meat and bread in Kismayu and broader Somalia is sold in the market...
by NAPAD | Sep 9, 2020 | Emergency, Food Security, Livelihoods, Somalia
Qoran Abdi Mohamud an IDP in Dayaan IDP camp Abudwak district Meet Qoran Abdi Mohamud, a mother of eight children who has lived in the Dayaan IDP camp Abudwak district for seven years. Qoran was primarily a pastoralist with herds of goats and sheep. The subsequent...
