Improved access to food  and emergency livelihoods support to the most vulnerable urban poor and IDPs including the marginalized in Baidoa/Berdale district of Bay region ARD under the title: To improve access to food for the most vulnerable  urban poor and IDPs including the marginalized in Berdale district of Bay region will undertake activities such as: Selection of drought affected households of vulnerable community including the IDPs and households having malnourished children (SAMampMAM) and families that have lost livestock and register families/HHs with the support of the local authority giving priority to Female Headed Households for unconditional cash transfer to 400 HHs (3 IDP sites of Elbet-1 IDP Camp-130 HHs, Bayow IDP Camp- 160 HHs, amp Sabeedow IDP Camp- 110 HHs), Livestock feed and water to 300 HHs (Minfuray -50 HHs, Bulsho - 50 HHs, Jakaton 150-HHs amp Wadaajir- 50 HHs). A total of 4200 people will benefit from the program at the district level. Social Mobilization and community sensitization will be undertaken  Selection of a local trustful traders/vendors through bid for Berdale district and MoUs signed and service providers paid Distribution of identification of vouchers having the details of the products to be provided, The total beneficiary targeted will be 700 Households which will translate to 4200 individuals from the vulnerable communities in Berdale District of Bay region (800 men, 2600 women, 400 boys and 400 girls), Strengthen the monitoring and evaluation activities through supportive supervision in order to optimize the project implementation. The overall goal of this emergency project is to provide lifesaving assistance to 4200 most affected/vulnerable individuals in vulnerable IDPs and the households having malnourished children in Berdale district of Bay region of Somalia through provision of unconditional cash transfers, Provision of cash plus, water trucking for the livestock in order to improve food access and prevent death due to starvation. Despite using the local authority in beneficiary identification, we give them the criteria such as how many beneficiaries should come from each category such as the host community, the IDPs, the elderly, the disabled, women headed households, the chronically ill, families who are having children with malnutrition among others and the The exercise of beneficiary identification is always done through a committee made up of a representative from each sector of the community such as the representatives from the host community, the IDPs, the elderly, the disabled, women headed households, the chronically ill, families who are having children with malnutrition

ARD together with the local authority, the head of the disabled people and the community leaders will be used the following criteria in identification of the beneficiaries: (Food insecure HH. The disabled, The elderly, The chronically/terminally ill, Family members in feeding program or whose children are malnourished, Families who lost their livestock during the drought, Households with no family support, Families with no external support, The marginalized, The elderly, Female headed households, Child headed households. 

The Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) is intended to improve access to food for 400 HHs in 3 DIP sites in Baioda town (Elbet-1 IDP Camp-130 HHs, Bayow IDP Camp- 160 HHs, amp Sabeedow IDP Camp- 110 HHs) for 3 rounds/months of assistance targeting the vulnerable IDPs and households with a malnourished under-five child (SAM and MAM) based on admission records. Provision of cash + emergency livelihood inputs to 300 HHs for 3 rounds/months of assistance to enable drought-affected households to get back into production to secure a harvest/sustain animal health to improve household access to food.