Protect and Restore Livelihoods of Cyclone -Affected communities in Awdal Region , Somaliland(Up-scaling) Though the food security and livelihoods situation improved due to good performance of 2018 Gu rain in most part of Somalia, the poor performance of Deyr 2018 rainfall coupled with Sagar Cyclone along the coastal region deteriorated the food and livelihoods situation in poor households. 
The project targets the Coastal areas in Awdal region which are predicted to receive below normal and near normal rainfall which will realize water availability and pasture regeneration that will not sustain them through the long dry spell period, necessitating continued humanitarian and livelihoods support to bridge the gaps in these periods.
In response to the deteriorating food security condition and humanitarian need, VSF Germany is seeking to up-scale the current OCHA –SHF funded intervention in Awdal region by targeting additional beneficiaries in districts which are currently not covered by the ongoing project and also extend to one additional district .The up scaling Action will thus cover  Zeylac district( a new district),thus covering 3 districts in Awdal Region, Somaliland . 
The designed Action is a humanitarian response to improve immediate food access, restore and prevent further deterioration of food security and livelihoods of vulnerable households in target project locations. This overall goal of the response is to contribute towards improving food access and availability, animal health, livestock productivity and livelihoods restoration. This in turn will enable beneficiary households to get access to milk, income, food and enhance nutritional status of their families including children. VSF Germany will closely work with other humanitarian actors in the areas to avoid duplication of efforts through regular coordination and monitoring of similar activities at field level and build synergies. This up-scaling Action is expected to benefit a total of 650 households (3,900 individuals) in the target district (Zeylac). Specific intervention include: Provision of unconditional cash transfer (for immediate food access) Animal health services (treatment and vaccination campaign) (to protect and restore livelihoods).Animal health services will be delivered in partnership with Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development (MoLFD). Thus, implementation of these key interventions in the target areas would yield multiple benefits 1) prevent vulnerable households from employing negative coping strategies and, 2) restore the livelihoods and due to healthy and nourished animals hence improved milk availability and 3) prevent loss of key household assets and thus build resilience of target community . The target households will also be linked with local veterinary drug shops and Community Animal Health Workers (CAHW) in order to get required animal health services. The Action is aligned with the standard allocation strategies and food security cluster objective 1 to improve the immediate access to food objective 2, to protect and restore livelihoods related to food and income sources and objective 3, to support resilience of vulnerable populations against shocks.