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 | Oct 29, 2022 | Drought, Food Security, Livelihoods, Nutrition, Somalia
Keyf Hussein harvesting capsicum from her kitchen garden in Dalsan Village Most regions of Somalia have been affected by the persistent drought which has resulted in increased food insecurity, acute water scarcity, and severe malnutrition, particularly among children...
by NAPAD | Oct 18, 2022 | Drought, Education, Food Security, Nutrition, Somalia
Displaced families are more concerned with where they will get food, water, and shelter when they first arrive at internally displaced persons’ settlements than they are about where their children will go to school. According to the Somalia Situation Drought...
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 28, 2022 | Education, Nutrition, WASH, Youth
The Education Cluster reports that about 1.4 million school-aged children in Somalia have been affected by the current drought; 45 percent of whom are girls who are also at risk of dropping out of school. In Somalia, enrolment and achievement rates are lower, and...
by NAPAD | Jan 20, 2022 | Food Security, Nutrition
Safio Abdi Hirsi is a 47-year-old single mother whose household comprises 12 individuals including her grandchildren who are under five years. Mama Safio and her family were compelled to move from rural pastoral areas to Abudwak town when drought led to the death of...
