Emergency  Response to Drought Affected IDPs, Returnees and Poor Host Communities in Hiraan and Galgaduud through the provision of NFIs. This project will be implemented in three drought affected districts: Belet Weyne (Hiraan region), Dhuusamareeb and Caabudwaaq (Galgaduud region). It is designed to meet the basic needs of 80% IDPs/returnees and 20 % poor host communities of the total beneficiaries targeted. NRC will select Extremely Vulnerable Individuals (EVIs) through predetermined beneficiary selection criteria and will distribute cash for NFIs among 1800 HHs. The NFIs will be distributed based on the needs as follows: 500 NFIs in district Belet Weyne, 800 NFIs in Dhuusamareeb and 500 NFIs in Caabudwaaq, which has been allocated based on needs.

For the beneficiaries’ selection and registration, NRC will use an electronic mobile data collection tool called Mobenzi, which provides an accurate and real time data. The data received through Mobenzi is easily manageable and transferable. NRC will provide training to 10 Nos. Enumerators/staff members on the use of Mobenzi software. NRC will adopt its standard beneficiary’s selection criteria for NFIs, where extremely vulnerable individuals including female and single headed HHs, orphans, chronically ill, aged and child headed households will be prioritized. 20% Poor host community members will also be selected to ensure do no harm principal. Beneficiaries will be provided with cash ($80 per each HH) which they will utilize to procure basic non-food items for their day to day use from the local markets. NRC will acquire the services of local telecom company Hurmuud telecom for the cash transfers. After selection and registrations, selected beneficiaries will be provided with unique token cards having unique numbers and identification, which will be shown by them at Hurmuud telecom center to receive their required sum of money. On the other hand, NRC will provide a complete list of selected beneficiaries to Hurmuud telecom for cross checking purposes. This list will include all details of selected beneficiaries including their telephone numbers and token numbers. After reviewing and cross checking, Hurmuud telecom will transfer specified amount of money to selected beneficiaries through mobile transfer facility. Usually the money will be transferred to the head of household’s telephone number. 

NRC will opt for integrated response and will ensure that selected beneficiaries are targeted with NRC's various sectors including WASH and Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA-Protection) to achieve its overall objective of “Vulnerable displacement-affected populations in Somalia, including the hard to reach, have adequate physical protection and improved access to basic needs" NRC staff will ensure that the provided cash has been utilized for intended purpose by coordinating with the beneficiaries themselves and conduct follow ups with the support of the community leaders, local authorities and the relevant clusters. A Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) exercise will be conducted after 6 weeks of NFIs distribution to analyze the impact of the project, the beneficiaries’ level of satisfaction and establish the lessons learnt for future programming.