by NAPAD | Aug 30, 2022 | Somalia
More than 7.1 million people in Somalia have been affected by the historic levels of drought in Somalia following the fourth consecutive failed rainy season. Multiple shocks including the COVID- 19 pandemic have slowed down the country’s recovery and its...
by NAPAD | Jul 27, 2022 | Emergency, Livelihoods, Livestock, Somalia
The demand for water in our daily living is undebatable. A report by the UNOCHA states that more than 3.9 million people cannot access enough safe water for domestic use in Somalia. Water scarcity in Somalia because of the protracted drought has severely affected...
by NAPAD | May 25, 2022 | COVID19, Education, Livelihoods, Somalia
Smallholder businesses owned by women in Somalia, face a variety of challenges which include cultural restrictions, illiteracy, inadequate business knowledge and skills, lack of capital and limited access to credit institutions that facilitate business growth or...
by NAPAD | Feb 10, 2022 | hygiene, Somalia, WASH
Anab Bulle, a 35-year-old housewife and her family of six live in Tafta-Tag IDP camp, Garbaharey District, Somalia. They have to queue for 20 to 30 minutes just to use the community latrine. The camp population has relied on a few old and dilapidated block latrines...
by NAPAD | Jan 24, 2022 | clean energy, Climate change, solarenergy, Somalia
Huulkujir Solar Powered water Pumping System Foos Yussuf Jama proudly leads community leaders and a NAPAD team in a walk around the concrete perimeter fence that secures the village borehole and the solar-powered water pumping system. Her beautiful smile betrays the...
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...
