Provision of Shelter Repair and Reconstruction Kits, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection Services to Sagar Affected Households in Baki and Lughaya Districts in Awdal Region In May 2018 a massive tropical cyclone (Sagar) hit coastal areas of Somaliland and Puntland that widely affected an estimation of 168,000 people living in that  distressed areas. Where the most affected areas in Somaliland was coastal villages and districts of Awdal region.  The cyclone of Sagar knockout coastal area particularly Lughaya, Zayla and Baki in Awdal region. Therefore, a joint assessment done by number of UN, international and local humanitarian organizations include CCBRS, Save the Children, UNHCR and UNICEF stated that catastrophe caused in the death of both human being and animals. 
 
Additionally, according to Somaliland disaster management authority, NADFOR  announced that the magnitude of disaster is overwhelmed to which registered number of dead people estimated to  49 persons, where at the same time  70 others are still missing. Consequently heavy rains with forceful accelerating winds caused flash floods that resulted in destruction of more than 277 hectares of  fertile land, 39 schools demolished. Moreover NADFOR reported that at least 80 % of shelters have been smashed. Subsequently, Sagar cyclone destructed most of the infrastructures including MCHs and health posts, fishing boats, roads water  facility include sand dams, shallow wells and boreholes.  In spite of this, there are huge community needs whereby  basic services and infrastructures are still in challenging and enormous community household members are in need  of emergency humanitarian assistance. 

However, the cyclone disaster had critically impacted to living conditions of affected population after they lost  their important asset including, shelters,  loss of households materials,  protection women and children was also violated  and to meet basic needs became very difficulty, whereby most vulnerable groups facing harsh situations, in particular women, children, orphans,  elderly, disabled persons, female and child-headed households and minority families are seriously affected 
  whose level of marginalization and displacement  increased , as well as their coping and resilience mechanisms is disturbed to positively deal with the new situation. 

Hence,  shelter is one of the key protection for women and children and without it they might face insecurity and risks, life-threatening protection concerns including different forms of GBV and child protection violations  such as rape, domestic violence , early and forced marriages, hazardous child labor and neglect.

 However, CCBRS with  its long-term experience in child protection, GBV prevention and response, distribution of shelter kits, livelihood promotion, is contented to implement a project named 'Provision of Shelter Repair and Reconstruction Kits, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection Services to Sagar Affected Households in Baki and Lughaya Districts in Awdal Region'. CCBRS will implement the project with technical and financial  collaboration of UNOCHA/SHF donor.Therefore the project is aimed to repair and reconstruct 1,100 damaged shelters and provide appropriate services to GBV and child protection survivors such as medical assistance, psychosoial and legal aid support, awareness raising and capacity building activities to which 12,056 people will directly benefit. The project scope is six locations of Awdal region as being two main districts of Baki and Lughaya and four related villages of Gargara, Abdi-geedi, Hadayta and Geerisa,