by NAPAD | Nov 20, 2025 | Climate change, Conflict Resolution, Displacement, Emergency, IDPs, Livelihoods, Somalia, Women
When violent conflict broke out in Belet-Hawa, in Somalia’s Gedo region, Dahabo Jimcale had no choice but to flee. With six children to protect, she left behind everything she knew, including the small home she had built and her job at the local market, that enabled...
by NAPAD | Nov 19, 2025 | Climate change, Displacement, Emergency, empowerment, Floods, Innovation, WASH, Water, Women
For Habiba Mohamed Odawaa, a mother of four living in Camp Bakaal, Baardheere District, access to safe sanitation was once a daily struggle. Like many displaced families in flood-prone areas in Somalia, Habiba and her neighbours relied on makeshift or shared pit...
by NAPAD | Sep 10, 2025 | Access to Justice, Animal health, clean energy, Climate change, Conflict Resolution, Innovation, Livelihoods, Livestock, solarenergy, Somalia, WASH, Water, Women
Three years ago, in 2022, life in Kahandale Village, Galgadud Region, revolved around the daily struggle to find water. Women and girls bore the heaviest burden, walking long distances under the scorching sun to fetch water from unreliable sources. The long treks not...
by NAPAD | Aug 7, 2025 | clean energy, Climate change, Emergency, empowerment, Food Security, GBV, Girls, hygiene, Mandera County, WASH, Water, Women
Mandera County, in Northern Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), faces recurring climate-induced disasters, including prolonged droughts, flash floods, and erratic rainfall that have disrupted livelihoods, reduced agricultural production, and depleted water...
by NAPAD | Aug 4, 2025 | Emergency, empowerment, HEALTH, hygiene, WASH, Women
Sahara Issack stands outside the Elgolicha health care centre, where she receives maternal and child health services. A mother’s journey begins long before the first cry of her newborn. It is a deeply emotional experience shaped by anticipation, courage, resilience,...
by NAPAD | Jul 31, 2025 | Access to Justice, Displacement, Dollow, Emergency, Food Security, GBV, Gedo, Somalia, Girls, HEALTH, hygiene, IDPs, Livelihoods, Mandera County, Nutrition, Peacebuilding, Somalia, WASH, Water, Women, Youth
Reporting Period: July 2025 Prepared by: Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development (NAPAD) Over the past two months, Belet-Hawa District in the Gedo Region has witnessed a sharp escalation in armed conflict between forces of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS)...
