Provision of immediate life-saving WASH response and durable, cost-effective water supply in recurrent emergency hotspot rural areas of Baidoa. ltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtErratic weather, struggle for dwindling resources,
exacerbating poverty, new and protracted armed conflicts continue to drive Somali
rural agro pastoral communities away from their homes and into overcrowded
towns and cities.lt/spangt ltfont face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"gtThe cumulative effects of the five consecutive
below-average rainy seasons have resulted in a sharp forecasted increase in
humanitarian needs across all sectors, particularly in WASH, Health  Nutrition. According to the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) Somalia,
2023 : Rural households mostly depend
on open or unprotected water
sources or water sources that are susceptible to drought such as shallow wells and water pans. Approximately 80
per cent of the rural population access water through a dam or pond which
increases the risk of water-borne diseases such as diarrhea. In addition only
4 per cent of the rural households living in Bay region agro-pastoral areas
have access to safe water. Poor WASH and health conditions drive the increased
rates of malnutrition. The WASH cluster aims to protect lives while ensuring
the provision of sustainable and cost-effective WASH services to affected communities
in the affected rural areas, in the spirit of sector integration COOPI
conducted a joint needs assessment with Somalia Cash Consortium in hard to reach villages of rural Baidoa and  Identified the current immediate
needs in regard to drought  displacements impact mitigation measures. The
survey recommended ongoing coordination to plan immediate response measures with WASH cluster, Nutrition and Health. In this light, COOPI proposes to reach 19134 people who include 5357 women,5358 girls,3253 men and 5166 boys

 emergency with sustainable solutions to reduce mortality and morbidity while
offering dignity. The target location  is 9 affected host rural villages in Baidoa  as follows  Durow,Midow,Moshe,Masubiye,Goof galooli,Bula robow,Qahir winey,Aburow and Kashidow. The proposed  emergency activities are distribution of 1500 hygiene kits to the most vulnerable
to malnutrition from South West State regional hub to the hard-to-reach rural
Baidoa, surface and household water treatment and quality monitoring followed by more sustainable improvement and sustainable expansion existing three multi use boreholes in
Midow, Qahir winey and Aburow rural villages as well as capacity building the Water Management
Committees. The target water points are strategic boreholes whose capacity will
be increased to provide safe water to neighboring villages of Moshe and Masubiye. through construction of
elevated storage tanks to enhance storage and pressures, upgrading to solar
pumping to reduce operation fuel costs, pipeline extensions as well as
construction of masonry water kiosks for water access. COOPI has ongoing
livelihood projects in rural Baidoa funded by ECHO and SomReP, the presence
will serve as an entry point for the field staff in particular during
identification of community mobilisers to conduct participatory hygiene and sanitation promotion
at the villages. According to WHO Diarrhea disease is the second leading cause of
death in children under five years old whereas it is both preventable and
treatable. COOPI will work closely with the Ministry of Health and Nutrition
partners based in Baidoa to reduce the deprivation of children of the nutrition
necessary for growth as diarrhea is a major cause of malnutrition, and
malnourished children are more likely to fall ill from diarrhea. lt/fontgtlt/pgt