Provision of emergency Life-saving  water, sanitation and hygiene responses to most affected communities at risk of famine in Galkayo North in Mudug Region Puntland Minority Women Development Organisation proposes to scale up its WASH activities with immediate life-saving response to counter the severity of needs currently outpacing the response. Through emergency life-saving water, sanitation, and hygiene responses services for affected communities including those at risk of famine in Galkayo North. The project target is to provide WASH services for up to 14,500 people in 12 IDP settlements and 2 host community villages. The proposed provision of life-saving water services will be through water trucking PMWDO is planning to rehabilitate and protecting of existing strategic boreholes and install solar power and pumping systems as well as ensure pipe networks to one (1) borehole in Baadweyn village. The pipping will serve Herogle, Baadwayen, Samawade 2, and Khayrdoon IDP settlements. This will extend the construction of water distribution networks in IDP settlements and villages hosting drought-displaced people. The extension will be for up to  6000 Meters between the host communities and IDPs where also 6 kiosks will be constructed to assist in the provision, coordination, and distribution of water. With this proposal, PMWDO will also provide water treatment through the provision of aqua tabs and chlorination of communal water sources in AWD/Cholera hotspots available in Galkayo. In  the12 IDP settlements, PMWDO will be installed 100 emergency latrines for new under-served IDP sites with response gaps and huge influx of drought-displaced arrival at the settlements where 15% of facilities will be tailored to be accessible to People living with disabilities (PwDs). Mass hygiene promotion campaigns will be conducted in all the 12 IDP settlements and 2 villages targeting up to 14,500 people. The campaigns will aim to sensitize the target beneficiaries on the preventive measures against water-related diseases including AWD/Cholera. The proposal furthermore plans to distribute hygiene kits which include standard MHM sets to 1200HH to those displaced as a result of the drought including pregnant and lactating mothers as well as MAM/SAM children. During the project duration, 52 sets of sanitation tools will also be distributed to support solid waste management, garbage collection and to support the clean up campaigns within the supported 12 IDP settlements and 2 villages. To directly benefit 14,500 people from 12 IDP settlements and 2 villages in Galkayo, PMWDO plans to provide the WASH services for a period of 6 months targeting the following sites Rays Qaboobe, Samawade 2, Khayrdoon in  Bacadwayn, Taalacad, Syl , Buulo agoon , Liibaan 1, Liibaan 2, Samawade 1,  Bakool Sare, Najax , Kulmiye Bali Abar IDP settlements, as well as Bacadweyn and Herogle villages.
Reports by FEWS NET, FSNAU, warned that up to 7.1 million people across Somalia need urgent, multi-sectoral assistance in order to treat and prevent acute malnutrition and reduce the number of ongoing hunger-related deaths. Severe drought conditions continue to ravage large parts of Somalia with millions of people facing acute water shortages and being forced to leave from their homes in search of water, food and pasture, heightening pressure on already-limited natural resources. The overall risk of outbreak of diseases in the drought affected areas is very high and could be worsened by the drought situation with lack of safe water, drought induced displacements, crowded and unsanitary living conditions in temporary shelters. The project will add on to the ongoing integrated emergency response