Provision of an integrated multi-sectoral lifesaving services to drought affected IDPs and communities in  Xudur and Wajid districts in Bakol region. This project is an integrated response around three complimentary directorial areas Health, WASH and Nutrition. It is intended to mitigate the physical and protection consequences of drought on populations and communities directly affected in Bakol region, in particular, Xudur and Wajid town. The main objective of this project is to provide integrated life-saving emergency primary health, WASH and Nutrition services to 25,700 (Nutrition: 2000 Boys, 3000 Girls and 1000 PLW, for Health: 2,000 Boys, 3,000 Girls, 1,200 Women, 1000 men and WASH program: 3,500 Women, 3,000 Men, 2,500 Boys and 3,500 Girls) AWD/drought affected direct beneficiaries in Xudur and Wajid IDPs through the provision of 8 IERT teams for integrated services HIDIG emphasis will be on maternal, neonatal and child health including emergency immunization to the host communities and IDPs as well as treatment of severe acute malnutrition, building the capacity of health workers through training on integrated management of acute illness IMCI, Cholera/measles case management and integrated community case management iCCM which will be done to equip health workers with the required skills to deliver quality healthcare services. As part of WASH integration, HIDIG will carry out comprehensive Hygiene and sanitation promotion activities including distribution of 900 basic hygiene kit to 5400 vulnerable people with severely malnourished children in the target IDPs in Hudur and Wajid. HIDIG will also distribute standard (IEC) materials for social mobilization, HIDIG will closely coordinate with Xudur and Wajid district Local MOH as well as Federal level MOH and social mobilizers, elders all involved in activities on mobilizing communities. To support increase access of sustainable and safe water, HIDIG through the trained hygiene promoters will conduct bucket chlorination at Hudur and Wajid IDPs water point to mitigate any occurrence of AWD. Through this IERT program HIDIG will strive to improve the sanitation services within the IDPs household through construction/rehabilitation of gender sensitive toilet with hand washing facilities. HIDIG intend to construct 140 household IDPs latrine to the main IDPs in Xudur and Wajid sites hence this shall ensure proper sanitation services. On the other hand the nutrition component intends to achieve the following, capacity building of nutrition staff on IMAM/IYCF services, infant young child feeding best practices (IYCF), 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 (OTP) centers integrated with primary health care services managed by HIDIG and other actors in the program areas thus providing more holistic opportunity to the target beneficiaries. However, HIDIG endeavors to undertake health , WASH and Nutrition activities that will be integrated in the sense that under five children boys, girls admitted at the OTP sites will be immunized against measles and other communicable disease and as well the SAM complicated cases referred to the stabilization centers for proper medical treatment, on the same note the mothers visiting ANC/PNC at the mobile clinic will be provided both NHHP/IYCF-E and shall be integrated with hygiene promotions activities such as hand washing practices as well as distribution of hygiene kit.