Integrated Emergency Response for Health, Nutrition and WASH for vulnerable communities, drought and conflict affected IDPs in  rural areas in Lower Shabelle region, Merka and Qoryooley,  districts The main objective of this project is to provide an emergency life-saving primarily Health,  Nutrition and WASH services targeting 3,500 Boys, 3,700 Girls and 2,000 PLW, 200 men drought affected direct beneficiaries in Merka and Qoryoley, districts. The project will also trained and deposited qualified staff for the Health, Nutrition and WASH fields for effective management of acute malnutrition, prevention of acute diseases and cholera.
Through this project AYUUB will provide capacity building of Health, nutrition and WASH staff on IMAM/IYCF services, infant’s young child feeding best practices (IYCF), Nutrition, health and hygiene promotion (NHHP) as well as conduct caregivers infant and young child feeding practices, IYCF promotion session for better information dissemination to the caregivers in the project area. Referral of malnourished children with complicated cases will be done to the Outpatient Therapeutic Programme integrated with primary health care services managed by AYUUB and other actors in the L/Shabelle region, For the WASH response Hygiene kit will distribute to the targeted beneficiary as well as  latrine construction, as to get safe drinking water it will be rehabilitated one Water point and Community Hygiene promotion service will be provided.
Through this project, Health, Nutrition and WASH activities will be linked with ongoing education and health activities in the nearby areas of Geywarrow village in Qoryooley districts in the sense that under five children boys, girls admitted will be able to provide immunization services against measles and other vaccine preventable  disease ,Vitamin A  and Multiple micronutrient supplementation and as well the SAM complicated cases referred to the stabilization centres for proper medical treatment, on the same note the mothers visiting ANC/PNC (Antenatal Care, Postnatal Care)  at the mobile clinic will be provided both NHHP/IYCF-E and shall be able to provide hygiene promotions activities through community health workers on Nutrition, hygiene and health promotion. AYUUB intends to provide Mothers MUAC led sessions that the static outpatient therapeutic centers to ensure mothers gain knowledge and skills in undertaking MUAC measurement at their own, this will ensure better community caregivers knowledge as well as provide localized way of doing things differently. The main objective for WASH is to increase access to sustainable water, sanitation and comprehensive hygiene practices among 8,220 (220 men, 1800 women, 3,500 boys, 3,700 Girls) drought and AWD affected men, women, boys and girls in Merka and Qoryoley  IDPs settlements through establishment of Integrated Emergency response teams (IERT) in order to reduce the current high incident of AWD/cholera disease among the vulnerable drought affected and internally displaced person. the activities supported under this intervention focus on hygiene promotion, sanitation awareness, sensitization and provisions of appropriate WASH facilities. This will be done through construction of communal latrines, desludging existing latrines, provision of sanitation supplies and community sensitization on appropriate sanitation practices and hygiene promotion activities including hygiene promotion trainings and campaigns.
However, AYUUB will coordinate with MOH (Minstery of Health) -SWS (South West State) as well as Nutrition clusters to coordinate response activities for maximum impact to beneficiaries. AYUUB shall also coordinates with other local actors in the target district to enable avoid any duplication of services as well work in a coordinated manner to enable increase access to life-saving emergency Health, nutrition and WASH response to the drought affected population  in the areas of Wadajir, Horseed facilities  of Merka, Degaay Beere, and Wadajir village of Qoryoley districts in Lower Shabelle region.