Continued support to community based Child Protection systems for IDPs and Host communities in Hudet and Moyale woredas of Dawa Zone and Dollo Ado woreda of Liben Zone in Somali Regional State Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dollo Ado, Hudet and Moyale woredas of Somali Region continue to live in a protracted humanitarian crisis since the onset of conflict between Borana (Oromo) and Garre (Somali) communities back in 2018. While the recurring conflicts stopped at this time, IDPs still reside in Hudet (74,158), Moyale (75,701) and Dollo Ado (5,306) woredas with additional burdens of drought, flood and cholera disease outbreak. Within the IDPs, unaccompanied, separated and other vulnerable children suffer from multiple protection concerns. There is no strong case management system for child protection in the targeted woredas to support children with urgent protection risks. Boys and girls as well as their male and female care providers and UASC lack access to adequate and coordinated psychosocial services in the targeted IDP sites and host communities of Dollo Ado, Hudet and Moyale woredas. There is an estimation that high child protection risks will be exacerbated by the spread of the COVID-19 in IDP sites where people reside in highly congested camps.
Under this project Save the Children aims to address the protection and psychosocial concerns of children and families through case management, PSS and strengthening community based child protection mechanisms. The project will be implemented for six months in 33 IDP sites and host communities in Dollo Ado woreda of Liben zone and Hudet and Moyale woredas of Dawa Zone, Somali regional State. The project will directly target 10,150 children ( 5,225 girls and 4,925 boys) as well as 4,302 adults (2,143 female and 2,159male) through child protection and psychosocial interventions.
The project will enhance children’s and youth’s capacity to positively address the challenges they face in their daily life through organizing regular resilience building sessions for children, youth and their care providers. The project will also build capacities of relevant government sector offices to identify and respond to protection concerns of children and facilitate case management and Family Tracing and Reunification services. Save the Children will create community-based violence prevention and mitigation systems by establishing community-based child protection structures in the IDP sites and host communities. Save the Children will also raise the awareness of communities on child protection issues including sexual violence, early marriage and abduction through mass awareness raising programs. SC will also build the capacity of communities on Psychological First Aid (PFA) by organizing PFA trainings. The project will support children, community and frontline staff protect themselves against COVID-19 infection through provision of appropriate and timely information and preventive materials such as soaps, sanitizers and masks. Throughout the project implementation, COVID-19 spread mitigation measures and directives set by national and regional authorities will be strictly applied. In all trainings and workshops less than five participants will be gathered in a session. Proper interpersonal distance will be maintained in an open air spaces. COVID-19 key massages will be transmitted in all training sessions and meetings.