Provision of emergency life- saving WASH response packages to drought affected people and or at risk of famine in Qansaxdhere district. ltpgtAccording to FSNAU report dated on 28th February,2023, 6.5 million people across Somalia are expected to face crises(IPC phase 3) or worse acute food insecurity outcome between April and June 2023 amid an anticipated significant scale- down of humanitarian assistance, a likely sixth season of below average rainfall in the April to June,203 Gu season, high food prices and in many areas ongoing conflict/insecurity on top of the lasting impact of five consecutive seasons of below -average to poor rainfall. The risk of famine(IPC phase 5) remains credible through at last least June in Agro-pastoral areas of Burhakaba district in Bay region and among IDPs in Baidoa and Mogadishu. As per the 2023 HNO, drought induced displacement has increase fivefold since beginning of 2022 with more than 1.3 million people displacedltspan style="font-size: 14px"gt. Five regions including Banadir have received the lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px"gtbiggest numbers of newly displaced lt/spangtpeople. Accordingltspan style="font-size: 14px"gt to the HNO 2023, 8 million people (62 per cent of whom are children) need immediate WASH assistance. About 1,800 out of 8,200 water sources are nonfunctional and require urgent rehabilitation Water prices are six times higher than at the beginning of 2022 and are likely to remain high. Increasing food insecurity and declining water availability and quality have led to outbreaks of AWD/Cholera in many parts of the country. According to the Federal  ministry of  Health  a total of 3428 new cholera cases  including 14 deaths, have been reported from 27 drought affected districts in between January to March,2023, with most of the cases reported in three locations including Banadir. Over 6.4 million Somalis lack access to sufficient water, sanitation, and hygiene services fewer than a third of people living in drought-affected areas are estimated to have access to essential health lt/spangtcare. Diseaseltspan style="font-size: 14px"gt outbreaks including cholera and measles are on the rise compared to recent year.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtKAAH will therefore respond to these augmented risks and crisis through provision of life-saving WASH intervention in Qansaxdhere in Bay region of Somalia. Through this intervention, KAAH will reach a total of 3,125 households (18,750 individuals) in Qansaxdhere. In order to create synergies and ensure sequencing, layering and integrating of programming, KAAH will complement the proposed intervention with a current SHF Health and Nutrition integrated program in the target areas Qansaxdhere. KAAH will rehabilitate one community owned borehole in Qansaxdhere and will provide emergency water trucking to 12000 beneficiaries. KAAH will consult communities, local authority, line ministries and 2 gender balanced water management committee will be established and trained on water point operation and maintenance and water EWT point management. KAAH proposed to construct 120 disaster and gender sensitive emergency latrines for Qansaxdhere and solar lamp IDPs. 15% of these latrines will target PWDs. This will be accompanied by 24 solid waste clean up campaigns and purchase and distribution of 94 sanitation tool kits to sanitation groups in Qansaxdhere district. KAAH intends to include  24 hygiene promotion sessions and purchase and distribution of 1,273 hygiene kits  for Qansaxdhere IDPs. The full suite of activities aims to meet both the acute and long-term needs of the vulnerable IDP communities, whilst establishing relationships with the target communities for continued maintenance and operation of these assets. KAAH WASH technical designs adhere to SPHERE standards/Somalia WASH cluster guidelines, mainstreaming protection and disability, gender considerations per IASC guidelines for GBV Interventions in Humanitarian settings. KAAH will ensure community participation and inclusion in all project implementation process. KAAH will promote women participation in project activities including WASH infrastructure like water facilities. KAAH will closely coordinate with WASH cluster partners and other sectors to enhance integration and complementarity of the project.ltbrgtlt/pgt