Providing life-saving services in an integrated manner for vulnerable populations affected by multiple emergencies in Kelafo district of Somali region ltp class="MsoNormal"gtltbrgt


lt/pgtltpgtOrganization for Welfare and Development in Action (OWDA) is proposing an Integrated multi-sectoral lifesaving response project for flood and drought affected communities of Kelafo through WASH, Multi-purpose Cash, Agriculture and Protection interventions under the CBPF-ETH-23-R-NGO-25479 fund. This project aims to provide immediate lifesaving assistance to the most vulnerable people who cannot meet their basic needs and have no or limited access to essential services due to the extreme flooding impacting their entire livelihoods. The project will provide access to WASH, Agriculture, Multi-purpose cash, and Protection services for the flood-affected communities in the above-addressed district in Somali Region.ltbrgtKelafo Woreda is one of the most severely affected woredas in Shebelle zone with over 45000 people affected including deaths, displacement, or seizure by floods.  The woreda has an estimated population of 125,996 (64,259 males and 61,737 females), of which 75% of them are rural people and pastoralists. The woreda suffers from flooding hazards which caused displacement, and deaths of both humans and animal while causing the destruction of infrastructure including water wells and bridges. Multi-sectoral integrated approach (WASH, Agriculture, Protection and multi-purpose cash injection) is proposed considering the strategic paper to provide efficient and effective support for flood-affected communities with limited resources to bring durable solutions for the affected communities. In addition, education, and cross-cutting issues (AAP, Gender, GBV and PSEA) will be mainstreamed across all interventions.ltbrgtCommunities across the target Woreda are facing devastating flooding, the worst in forty years as it has compromised the fragile livelihoods of pastoralists who were mainly reliant on livestock and agriculture. The worsened food insecurity and nutrition situation has also eroded their coping strategies. The proposed project activities are multi-sectoral activities aimed at providing comprehensive intervention to help support the most vulnerable populations affected by multiple crises-droughts flowed by floods. The proposed activities are as follows:ltbrgtWASH: The core activities of this component include but not limited to (see work plan for details)ltbrgt·        Rehabilitation of three nonfunctional river intakesltbrgt·        Refresher training of three existing WASH Committeesltbrgt·        Water treatment chemicals HTH 70% chlorineltbrgt·       Construction of 5 gender diss-aggregated semi-permanent communal latrine with four stancesltbrgt·       Provision of WASH NFIsltbrgt·        Conduct hygiene and sanitation campaignsltbrgtAgriculture: The Core activities includeltbrgt·       Procurement and distribution of vet drugs and seedsltbrgt·       Capacity building for extension workersltbrgt·       Multipurpose cash provisionltbrgt·       Animal vaccine campaignltbrgtltbrgtProtection also focuses on addressing key GBV issues and the overall protection of the vulnerable by preventing and responding protection needs of women, girls, and other vulnerable populations including people with disability and older people. Key interventions include the provision of GBV services of case management, referral, MHPSS, and Organizing community awareness and sensitization events on protection and GBV. it also considers capacity building for the victims of the GBV while considering providing multi-purpose cash for the most vulnerable community members. ltbrgtThe total beneficiary of the project is 37,537 people of which 11500 are protection beneficiaries, 16797 WASH beneficiaries and 9240 are protectionltbrgtlt/pgt