Integrated Multi-Sectoral Emergency Responses to Drought Affected Population in Somali Region (Envelop 2, Somali Region) CISP in partnership with PC (Pastoralist Concern- National NGO) and CUAMM (Doctors with Africa) proposes to urgently respond and address the immediate lifesaving needs of the most vulnerable women, children, PWDs, IDPs and host communities affected by drought. The three organizations have a long-term presence in the operational zones and have joint projects together. Among others CISP and PC are implementing an ongoing (will be terminated on October 31, 222) EHF 2021 standard allocation project in the sectors of agriculture, nutrition and education with a budget of over $1.5 million in Liben and Dawa zone. 
This project can be considered as a scale-up intervention, which targets one woreda, namely Filtu, Somali region. Specifically, the project intended to support 38,834 (gt51%, female and 9% PWD) drought affected communities including 11316 drought triggered IDPs settled in 7 kebeles through joint health (25%), nutrition (25 including 5% food for caretakers with children with SMA/MAM at health facilities), WASH (25%) and agriculture (25%) sectors integrated with other sectors while ensuring that gender, protection, AAP, and PSEA issues are well integrated across the main 5 sectors. The consortium organizations (CISP, CUAMM and PC) have a long stay and current presence in the operational areas, long year partnership together and ample experience in the thematic areas that they are responsible with. Accordingly, CUAMM is responsible in health and nutrition, PC in WASH and food while CISP take the responsibility of Agriculture and Cash-based interventions to bring the complete sectoral expertise. 
An exceptional, prolonged and persistent drought in Ethiopia is driving historic humanitarian needs in Liben, zone, Somali Region. According to the regional DRM report July 2022, acute malnutrition, disease outbreaks, critical shortage food, water and pasture are hammering the people, and already 1 million people have left their homes due to a lack of water or pasture, and at least 3 million livestock have died. In that targeted three woreda alone over 107,300 people have already fled their homes in search of food and water since the start of 2022. Thus, this project is designed to alleviate the suffering of the drought affected people including IDPs, PWDs, women, girls, boys, and old ages. 
The overall objective of the project is to save lives, prevent mortality rates and reduce number of acute malnutrition and disease cases through integrated multi-sectoral activities in dignity. The sectoral activities are designed to complement each other in the course of addressing the immediate lifesaving action integrated with long term durable solutions in support of the triple nexus. 
To achieve the intended results, the project planned need-based activities in each of the respective locations, arranged a tailored participatory monitoring mechanism, in placed accountability, gender sensitive, inclusive and cost-efficient approaches. As one of the strategies the project included cash-based intervention across the sector based on feasible analysis. It is budgeted $1,00,000 to be implemented within twelve months of the project period.