Livelihoods protection Based Emergency Response in four districts of Somali region This project proposal is submitted by ADRA following the request by the regional government and recommendation of the Agricultural cluster. The proposal is prepared in line with the strategic objectives set out by the Humanitarian and Disaster Resilience Plan 2018. These three mutually-reinforcing strategic objectives includes To save lives and reduce morbidity due to drought and acute food insecurity To protect and restore livelihoods to prepare for and response to other humanitarian shocks – natural disaster, conflict and displacement. This project contributes to the two strategic objectives (save lives and reduce morbidity due to drought and acute food insecurity as well as protecting and restore livelihoods). The project targeted 4 drought affected districts (Legehida, Selhad, Dolobay and Gode woredas in Somali region) which are priority one woredas and where the livestock condition has not recovered from the last consecutive 3 drought years. The project will focus in supporting poor pastoralists to produce fodder for their livestock and prevention of livestock epidemic through a mobile animal health team. Also the will focus on the National Systems Strengthening through linkage between the existing local animal health systems.

Therefore, This request by ADRA to OCHA-EHF is to provide the following intervention activities for the Drought affected Beneficiaries -

ADRA will Organize Establish and Train 2 Irrigated pasture/fodder development cooperatives in Gode Woreda.In this intervention ADRA will support a Total of (200HH agro pastoralists from 2 kebeles of 100HHs each). Also ADRA will provide Agricultural Inputs for the Irrigated forage/fodder production cooperative. Including (Forage seed (Sudan grass), Land preparation support, Agricultural Hand tools, Fuel for irrigation, pest-cides and one pump each. ADRA will link them with the government settlement villages in Gode Woreda riverine. 
 ADRA will Train200 Beneficiary HHs also 12 DAs, 4 Irrigation Experts and 4Forage Experts of Gode Woreda to support the forage production intervention. During this period ADRA will Cover this team per diums.

Animal Health Intervention will target to 1,600 HHs for each 2 cattle across the 4 woredas (2 kebeles in each woreda and 200 HH in each kebele). This means 200 HHs * 2 kebeles = 400HHs /per woreda* 4 woredas = Total of 1,600 HHs * 2cattle/HH, a total of 3,200 cattle will be supported through the animal health service. In addition, 50,000 Animals will be supported with vaccination owned by approximately 5,000 HHs.

Also ADRA will train 20 Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) across the 4 woredas for 7 days. In addition ADRA will provide the necessary veterinary Kit of (Drugs and tools) for the trained 20 (CAHWs). And ADRA will link them with private veterinary pharmacy (1 in each woreda) after Establishment. 
LEGs training for 7 days will organize by ADRA for both ADRA staff and the Local Gov’t (4 persons in each woreda * 4 woredas).
ADRA will purchase the needed veterinary drugs for 20 (CAHWs) and 4 private veterinary pharmacy.
 ADRA will use Voucher system based Animal Health Intervention while producing/printing and distributing the Vouchers to the 1,600 HHs Beneficiaries across the 4 woredas (2 kebeles in each woreda and 200 HH in each kebele) One Voucher/month per HH for 6 months.