Life-saving Multi-Sectoral Assistance to Drought-Affected Communities in Somali Region (Envelope II. Responding to severe acute malnutrition in drought-affected areas) The worst drought in 40 years has brought untold suffering to southern Somali Region. Welthungerhilfe (WHH), ACTED (with support from Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance – RACIDA), and Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO) propose a multi-sectoral response. The partners propose an area-based response that will save lives and provide support to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities in Filtu Woreda. The partners will respond in the WASH, Health, Nutrition, Agriculture, and Food sectors. In total, the project will reach 100,000 people.

The project will be implemented in consortium, led by WHH, which will be responsible for overall monitoring and compliance, including ensuring contractual obligations are followed, guidelines and procedures are adhered to and visibility and communications addressed. WHH will oversee the project and will monitor progress along with the consortium members – including joint field monitoring and regular coordination meetings. WHH will compile narrative and financial reports (including verification of expenditure support documents) from the consortium members and will submit quality reports to EHF.

WASH
ACTED (with support from RACIDA) will implement WASH activities comprising hygiene promotion for over 33,000 people (15,500 women and girls) construction or upgrade of toilets for at least 3000 people (1,500 women and girls), WASH NFI distribution benefiting 3000 people (1,500 women and girls), dignity kit distribution benefitting 1500 women and girls(1,000 women and 500 girls) , and installation of rainwater harvesting and water storage systems at six community institutions. 

NUTRITION
MCMDO will implement a comprehensive and multifaceted response to nutrition needs in Filtu, including providing 700 ( 380 Girls) under-five SAM children with access to quality OTP and SC services, increasing the availability and accessibility of life-saving supplementary feeding services to 1307 MAM (707 girls ) under-five children and to 1130 pregnant and lactating mothers with insufficient MUAC levels, amp improving community knowledge and practices on infant and young child feeding while strengthening community-based early identification of Mal-nourishment.
HEALTH
MCMDO will implement health activities to reduce prevalence of drought-related negative health outcomes for communities in Filtu, including facilitating access to essential primary healthcare services through mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNT) and through training of local health workers. The sites will be selected based on the need assessment that MCMDO will conduct together with the woreda health office and the project will ensure explicit application of Protection principles: meaningful access, dignity, safety and participation and accountability,during the project design and its implementation .
AGRICULTURE
ACTED and WHH will work together to support drought-affected pastoralist families. ACTED will provide livestock fodder to enable sustenance of core breeding livestock and will provide training in improved grazing strategies and destocking methods. WHH will provide livestock health interventions for 500,000 livestock from 20,000 HHs (14600 F). In addition, ACTED will provide MPC to drought-affected pastoralist households. WHH/ACTED ensures women and girls needs are prioritised through ensuing gender sensitive and safe programming are mainstreamed throughout. Furthermore, ACTED ensures its female staff are always present on sight throughout the registration, selection and distribution process.

FOOD (Presented Under Nutrition Sector due to GMS Issue)
MCMDO will provide food assistance (cash) to 700 caregivers/parents of children undergoing therapy for SAM and MAM in stabilization centers (SCs) or as outpatients.