by NAPAD | Mar 25, 2021 | COVID19, Emergency, hygiene, Somalia, WASH
House to house hygeine promotion Somalia is grappling with the implications of 2.6 million persons being internally displaced, and a huge percentage are located in Mogadishu and its environs. The outbreak of COVID-19 compounds the already fragile situation...
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 29, 2020 | COVID19, Education, Somalia
NAPAD commemorates #GlobalHandwashingday2020. If there was ever a time when people accepted the importance of handwashing using soap, it has to be 2020. Most especially in Somalia, apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, the region has also grappled with flooding. ...
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 25, 2020 | Education, Livelihoods, Somalia
Mr. Abdifatah Mohamed Muhumed, a 28-year-old headteacher of Alqalam primary school in Balethawa In Somalia, school absenteeism not only stems from the lack of children in the schools but also the empty teacher’s desk. Teacher absenteeism has been caused mainly...
