WASH in Emergency Early Lifesaving Response to Communities Projected to be Most Affected by El Nino-induced Riverine Flooding in Baardheere, District of Gedo region. ltpgtltspan style="color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif font-size: 8pt text-align: justify"gtThe humanitarian crisis in Somalia is worsening, with over 8
million people in need of urgent assistance. The expected El Niño and positive
Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) are expected to result in above-average rainfall for
the upcoming Deyr rains, October-December, which could lead to severe flooding,
loss of life, livelihoods, and property, population displacement, and
destruction of infrastructure and crops. lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"gtltspan lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0ptmso-bidi-font-size:10.0ptfont-family:"gtThe anticipated El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) are
expected to result in above-average rainfall for the upcoming Deyr rains,
October-December, which could lead to severe flooding, loss of life,
livelihoods, and property, population displacement, and destruction of
infrastructure and crops. lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgt

lt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"gtltspan lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0ptmso-bidi-font-size:10.0ptfont-family:"gtTo mitigate the impact of the floods and prevent waterborne
diseases, the project will focus on providing water, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH) services to 25,000 people, including communities affected by floods and
at risk of cholera outbreaks, displaced people with no access to basic
sanitation facilities, and school and healthcare facility users in Bardhere
District of Gedo region. lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"gtltspan lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0ptmso-bidi-font-size:10.0ptfont-family:"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgt

ltspan lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtHIRDA will therefore respond to these augmented risks and crises through
the provision of life-saving WASH intervention in Bardera in Gedo region of
Somalia. Through this intervention, HIRDA will target a total of 4,167 households
(25,000 individuals) in Bardera district. In order to create synergies and
ensure sequencing, layering and integrating of programming, HIRDA will
complement the proposed intervention with an ongoing Joint
Resilience program of Nutrition, Education, and WASH in public institutions in
the targeted areas and will work closely with other WASH cluster partners, CCM
cluster. HIRDA will rehabilitate three (3) strategic shallow wells.
conduct routine chlorination of 15 community water sources, conduct routine
water quality testing such as the FRC test, and establish and train
3 gender balance water management committees to manage water sources
rehabilitate, This water infrastructure will be constructed through community,
local authority, line ministries and gender-balanced water management
committees to ensure operation and maintenance. In addition to that HIRDA
will provide emergency water trucking to 10,000 beneficiaries for two
months. HIRDA proposed to construct 120 disaster,
disability gender sensitive emergency latrines IDPs. construction of 6
group handwashing facilities for public institutions. This will be accompanied
by solid waste management campaigns and 600 households that will benefit from
latrine construction will be provided with portable solar lamps, purchase and
distribution of 80 sanitation tool kits to sanitation groups and this will
be accompanied by 24 clean-up campaigns during the project durations.
HIRDA purchase and distribute 1,500 hygiene kits and massive hygiene
promotion activities including but not limited to 24 hygiene promotion sessions
and hygiene promoters training on AWD/cholera prevention. 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. HIRDA WASH technical
designs adhere to SPHERE standards/Somalia WASH cluster guidelines,
mainstreaming protection and disability, and gender considerations per IASC
guidelines for GBV Interventions in Humanitarian settings. HIRDA will
ensure community participation and inclusion in all project implementation processes.
HIRDA will promote women's participation in project activities including
WASH infrastructure like water facilities.lt/spangt



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