Strengthening Resilience and Food Security in Gedo through Climate-Smart Agriculture and Value-Addition
Somalia is home to a wide variety of food crops cultivated primarily by smallholder farmers. Common crops include sorghum, cowpeas, sesame, maize, bananas, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, spinach, and watermelons, which form a key part of local diets. Traditionally,...
The Power of Local Radio in Disaster Preparedness
In Somalia, radio remains one of the most trusted and far-reaching sources of information in local languages and dialects that resonate with its listeners. It serves communities where literacy levels are low, and access to other channels of communication, such as...
Emergency Food Assistance Offers Relief to Conflict-Affected Families in Gedo
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...
Emergency Water Trucking Brings Relief to vulnerable Families in Somalia
Women and Children queue for water at a distribution site in Warcadey Halima Hassan is a displaced mother of two who fled violent conflict in her home village and now lives in Warcadey, Beledhawa district. Like many displaced households, Halima and a group of other women make daily, exhausting treks to find water, but the sources available are often unsafe. This forces them to collect contaminated water that has led to acute watery diarrhoea and other waterborne illnesses among their children....
