Securing Livelihoods of IDP Women: Amino’s Story
Amino Abdullahi an IDP in Kismayu and beneficiary of the KWEEP project. Amino Abdullahi Abdi, 46, is an Internally Displaced Person from Bu’ale, Middle Juba now living in the Port town of Kismayo in Southern Somalia. As a newly wedded young girl, Amino owned a small...
LIVESTOCK FOR LIVELIHOODS: Increasing Household Income for Pastoralists in Gedo Somalia
Sahara Adan having her goat treated in Deka village Gedo Deka Village, Elwak district in Gedo Somalia has been the home of 38-year-old Sahara Adan Dhicis for the past 8 years. A widow and the sole breadwinner for her 8 children, Sahara relies on her small herd as the...
GUSHING TAPS AND DASHING SMILES: Clean Water Improves Children’s Hygiene in Abduwak
Yamyam Primary School in Abduwak District Somalia. Thorn trees stretch in a stubborn thicket for hundreds of miles in every direction of Abduwak District, Somalia. The region is characterized by hot and dry weather most of the year except for some unreliable...
PROMOTING ACTION TO END MALNUTRITION IN MANDERA THROUGH THE FAMILY MUAC APPROACH
Binti Abubakar Yussuf using the MUAC tool on her daughter Faiza In July 2023, Faiza, 3 years old, was screened for malnutrition by a community health volunteer in Bulla Geneva, Border Point One (BP-1) location Mandera. Her mother, Binti Abubakar Yussuf, aged 30, shared concerns about Faiza's persistent illness. Despite seeking various affordable medical treatments, Binti was then using simple herbal medicine she had learned to make to treat her daughter. Her family, like many others, was...
