Provision of life-saving food assistance to flood-affected households in Baardheere within an enhanced coordination and information system ltpgtltspan data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtAccording to the OCHA 2023 HNO, lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt8.25M peoplelt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt are in need in Somalia, of which lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt6.7 million peoplelt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt are acutely food insecure and require urgent humanitarian assistance, which includes lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt300,000 peoplelt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt facing catastrophic conditions (IPC Phase 5). This high food insecurity has been driven by poor rainfall and failing harvests and livestock production and is now projected to rise further in flood-prone areas during the upcoming months. The expected El Nino coupled with a predicted positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) will with a 90% likelihood result in above-average rainfall, which poses an increased risk of flooding along the main two rivers, the Juba and Shabelle, leading to further displacement, loss of crops and livestock and thus heightened food insecurity and further aggravate the humanitarian crisis (Somalia WASH Cluster: 2023 El Niño Flood Risk Analysis).lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan class="EOP SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtltdiv id="WACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" class="WACEditing EditMode EditingSurfaceBody FireFox WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode usehover" spellcheck="false" style="overflow: hidden visibility: visible direction: ltr" tabindex="0"gtltdiv class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="direction: ltr"gtltp class="Paragraph SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="font-weight: normal font-style: normal vertical-align: baseline background-color: transparent color: windowtext text-align: justify margin-left: 0px margin-right: 0px padding-left: 0px padding-right: 0px text-indent: 0px"gtltspan data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtlt/spangtlt/spangtltspan class="EOP SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtlt/divgtltdiv class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="direction: ltr"gtltp class="Paragraph SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="font-weight: normal font-style: normal vertical-align: baseline background-color: transparent color: windowtext text-align: justify margin-left: 0px margin-right: 0px padding-left: 0px padding-right: 0px text-indent: 0px"gtltspan data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtThus, in line with fifth SHF Reserve Allocation for 2023 and in support of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPRP), Acted proposes an action to save lives and improve the ability of vulnerable flood affected communities to meet their basic food needs in Baardheere, Somalia. Through this, lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtActedlt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt will target 5 IDP sites and 5 host community and rural villages in low laying, previously flood-affected riverine areas in lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtBaadheerelt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt, Gedo in line with the location priorities provided in the allocation strategy. Based on the assessment conducted bylt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt Acted to inform the design of this project, this is one of the areas in which residents expect a significant negative impact of the forecasted floods on food security in the upcoming months. In total, at least 8550 individuals, lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtof whichlt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt approximately 3,215 IDPs and 5,335 host lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtand rural community members, will be targeted through a comprehensive life-saving package in the immediate aftermath of thelt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt floods. This will include the provision of life-saving emergency food assistance, provision of life-saving flood-related information and community-based response systems to the affected populations and support to the Baardheere humanitarian taskforce through an enhanced coordination mechanism and contingency planning. lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan class="EOP SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtlt/divgtltdiv class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="direction: ltr"gtltp class="Paragraph SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="font-weight: normal font-style: normal vertical-align: baseline background-color: transparent color: windowtext text-align: justify margin-left: 0px margin-right: 0px padding-left: 0px padding-right: 0px text-indent: 0px"gtltspan data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan class="EOP SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtlt/divgtltdiv class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="direction: ltr"gtltp class="Paragraph SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="font-weight: normal font-style: normal vertical-align: baseline background-color: transparent color: windowtext text-align: justify margin-left: 0px margin-right: 0px padding-left: 0px padding-right: 0px text-indent: 0px"gtltspan data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtUnder these three priority activities, lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtActedlt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt will (1) help meet immediate food needs through the provision of three cycles of unconditional cash transfers to 1,425 HHs, thus reaching an estimated number of 8550 people. Per cycle, each HH will receive 80 USD in line with Cash Working Group recommendations. Selection of HHs will be guided by vulnerability criteria and facilitated by Village Relief Committees and Community Mobilization Committees, thus localizing the response. To understand beneficiary perceptions of the activity and to inform future programming, post-distribution monitoring will be conducted after the first and the third cycle. Furthermore, lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtActedlt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt will (2) enhance access of beneficiaries to life-saving flood-related information through the establishment and capacitation of flood response committees in all sites, which will be trained to support their communities’ flood preparedness and response. As part of a two-way alert system, these committees will share bottom-up information on the situation on the ground with Acted project staff. Community outreach workers will complement their work through further sensitization sessions, together with social media and radio messaging aiming to maximize outreach leaving no one behind. To further increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these actions, lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtActedlt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt will (3) support the cluster coordination efforts by facilitating humanitarian-institutional taskforce catch-up meetings in Baardheere and will organize further coordination efforts on an ad-hoc basis. lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtTaking into accountlt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt the specific needs of vulnerable groups, lt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW156602078 BCX2"gtActedlt/spangtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW156602078 BCX2"gt will fulfil protection, gender and disability mainstreaming considerations throughout the full project cycle.lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan class="EOP SCXW156602078 BCX2" style="line-height: 14.0292px font-family: Arial," data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtlt/divgtlt/divgt

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