Provision of  Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services for Communities Affected by Climatic Shocks and Displacement in Kismayo  District. ltpgtAccording to the FSNAU post 2024 post Deyr assessment about 6.9 million people are facing acute food insecurity IPC 3 and above. About 655,570 of those people are living in the Juba region. FSNAU post deyrs assessment also indicated that large scale humanitarian response can avert famine in the forecasted areas,OCHA Situational update of December, the number of people affected by the drought in Somalia has more than doubled this year, from 6.5 million in January to 6.9 million, with the severity of needs increasing proportionately. Displacement caused by drought, floods and conflict increased by over five to almost 0.5 million people in the same periodltbrgtThe proposed WASH intervention seeks to improve access to lifesaving and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene among communities and health facilities affected by drought in Kismayo district,  Lower Juba region. The project will also contribute to the reduction of mortality and morbidity, related to the poor access to WASH services for most vulnerable communities living in underserved and hard to reach areas in as a result of occasional and persistent drought among populations in Kismayo district. This will be achieved through increased access to adequate, safe and sustainable water following the rehabilitation and construction of drought resistance water infrastructure proposed under this project, improvement of access to gender sensitive sanitation facilities in conflict , floods and  drought displaced settlements and promoting a culture of good hygiene practices in order to reduce the related protection and disease risks especially among women, girls and children in the targeted area. As an initial lifesaving intervention, SORDES will prioritize provision of vouchers for clean water services for 1500 IDPs Household in the drought affected areas in Kismayo as well voucher for hygiene kits to 9000 extremely vulnerable households to increase their household water storage capacity thereby reducing the frequent trips to water points, which will as a result reduce congestion at the existing facilities. SORDES will establish and capacity build water committees and construct two strategic riverine shallow wells, two elevated water tanks, 8 water kiosks and piping of 2 km for the target IDP sites, whose combined water supply will benefit 12000 individuals. To ensure improved quality of the water both at households and supported water points, SORDES will undertake initial tests and regular water treatment at source (bucket and batch chlorination). SORDES will provide water treatment tablets to 2000 vulnerable households who will be sensitized about household water treatment and safe storage. SORDES will utilize the capacity of the local market by promoting market-based programming in WASH through use of vouchers and contracting suitable construction services from the local market following extensive market assessments and monitoring. To ensure community ownership and sustainability, SORDES will help establish two water resource management committees each comprising of 7 members (50% women). All the members will be trained in basic operation, maintenance, trouble-shooting and orderly access to the source. The training will be conducted jointly by SORDES staff and Banadir region WASH and Jubaland Ministry of Water and Natural Resources staff. To instill sustained culture of good hygiene practice, the project will train and effectively engage existing 10 community hygiene volunteers recruited from the targeted locations to enable them mainstream hygiene promotion activities into the communities. To enable SORDES to support communities in case of a disease outbreak AWD, SORDES will keep SHF updated on the situation in the district to enable swift modification of the project to support outbreak related activities and contribute to reduction in transmissions through robust infection prevention and control initiativesltbrgtlt/pgt