FAO’s cash transfers – a lifeline for drought affected families
Channel: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date: 30/10/2023

Recurrent shocks, such as extreme drought conditions, have depleted people’s ability to recover their incomes and food security. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched its drought response plan which aims to increase immediate food access in rural areas to provide critical assistance to rural populations, preventing the further worsening of hunger and malnutrition, and to safeguard livelihoods and support seasonal food production to prevent displacement.

During the cropping season, FAO provided households with three months of unconditional cash transfers to enable them to meet their most critical needs, such as food and water. This was made possible thanks to funding from the Government of the United States of America through the project, “Providing emergency life-saving food and livelihood support to drought-affected communities in Somalia”. In Luuq district, 1 350 households were registered to receive cash transfers, with each household receiving USD 210. FAO has also secured funding to provide vulnerable households with an additional three months of cash assistance to meet their food needs.

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