Boosting Food Security through Irrigation Farming in Bur Abor village, Mandera
The current drought in Northern Kenya is unprecedented in its scale and duration, leading to critical food insecurity and rising malnutrition rates among people in the 29 counties classified as ASAL communities. According to an October drought report by the ASAL...
Women of Tuula Qalooc village Access Water
Water scarcity in Tuula Qalooc village Maimuna Mohammed is a mother of six living in Tuula Qalooc village, Gedo region, Somalia. For most of her life, she has had to walk for 4 km every day to the river Jubba to fetch water for her household. The journey was made...
Improving Sanitation and Hygiene Services for IDPs in Abudwak District, Somalia
According to the Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN), 1.4 million individuals have been displaced internally within Somalia in 2022. These include 926,000 displacements due to the ongoing drought and 68,000 new displacements in September 2022 alone. Most...
Cash Transfers Provision to Flood-Affected Households in Somalia
Abdia Barre Ali resides in Kaharey IDP Dollow District, Gedo region, Somalia, with her 11 grandchildren. Despite her age, Abdia actively seeks low-income work in Dollow town to support her large family. She became part of an impactful humanitarian initiative designed to aid vulnerable families affected by the El-Nino floods of 2023, which devastated regions across Somalia. The program provided unconditional cash assistance to 400 households in Dusey, Shilde, and Kaharey IDP. According to UN...
