Integrated Emergency Support to IDP Populations in Saanag through CCCM, WASH, Protection and Shelter Interventions The proposed intervention aims to respond to the urgent needs of IDPs in Sanaag with an integrated support through implementation of Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), WASH, Protection and Shelter/NFIs activities. For this integrated response, ACTED is collaborating with Candlelight for Environment Education and Health where Candlelight will facilitate the provision of protection services and ACTED will implement CCCM, Shelter/NFI and WASH activities. ACTED and Candlelight will provide support in the same IDP sites (targeted by ACTED) thereby complementing and enhancing overall improvement of IDP conditions in the target areas. 

Somalia remains among the worst humanitarian crises in the world. In the northern part of the country, a prolonged drought caused by four consecutive poor rainy seasons severely depleted the population’s already scarce resources with main sources of income and livelihoods in these mainly agro-pastoral communities severely impacted by the lack of water to grow crops and grazing lands to feed livestock. While the above average Gu (April-June) rains in many parts of Somalia have significantly improved the food security situation, extreme water and pasture shortages have been reported in rainfall deficit areas of Bari, Nugaal, Sool and Sanaag regions, specifically Northern Inland Pastoralist (NIP), Nugaal Valley and parts of Golis and Coastal Deeh livelihood zones.In the northwest, tropical Cyclone Sagar also led to significant flooding that caused fatalities, displaced people, damaged infrastructure and livelihood assets, and killed many livestock. In Sanaag’s Lasqoray town, some 212 people were displaced, according to the PRMN.

ACTED will implement a multi-sector intervention aiming at 1) Improving access to safe and affordable water, clean sanitation facilities and good hygiene practices for both displaced and host community households 2) Supporting the improvement of site coordination and support the improvement of site infrastructures, improve accountability to affected populations and ensure proper collection and dissemination of information at site level while building the capacity of local stakeholders in order to facilitate coordination 3) Contributing to the protection of newly displaced people and improve the living conditions of IDPs in protracted displacement through the provision of lifesaving humanitarian assistance to people in need, prioritizing the most vulnerable through provision of Emergency shelter kits (ESKs), NFIs and solar lamps 4) Enabling local coordination by collaborating with Candlelight to implement protection activities by strengthening community response mechanisms and respond to violations by strengthening case management for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), providing psycho-social support, immediate referral to medical services, Child mobilization / basic community psychosocial support, training of all humanitarian staff on Psychological First Aid as well as protection monitoring at individual and community level.

This response will be implemented in 20 IDPs sites, clustered in 6 settlements (Badhan, Gumar, Rabcada, Xingalool, Balibusle and Dhahar) in Sanaag, targeting the most underserved areas home to mostly newly displaced drought IDPs. 2,230 households, approximately 13,380 people (6958 female) will benefit from this intervention, as well as the whole community working in the 20 IDP sites including local authorities, clusters and other organizations. The multi-sectoral approach will be useful to create synergies enabling the concentration of services and expertise within the same location and same population leading to achieving a greater impact. The intervention will be informed by the findings of the detailed needs assessment that ACTED conducted across the 6 settlements in July 2018. In Badhan district. ACTED is currently the only international actor with full-time presence, and is held in high regard by local authorities.