Emergency Aid For  Somalia Populations The Sida RRM will support in scaling up Oxfam’s and SADO’s drought response across Somalia, particularly in the drought hotspots ofGedo/Jubaland and Sool/Eastern Somaliland.  The focus will be on integrated Food Security, WASH and Protection, targeting 17,910 IDPs and host communities across the two regions.  The proposed activities will address the acute water and food shortages through multipurpose cash transfers, water trucking, rehabilitation/extension of key water points in IDP camps and the provision of hygiene kits and household solar lights to mitigate protection risks. To ensure the sustainability of our actions, it is planned to rehabilitate and extend crucial water sources in rapidly increasing IDP camps which receive new daily arrivals displaced by drought, and to setup public solar street lights in key areas of IDP settlements to counter protection risks at water points and main streets. Servicemapping in target locations will accompany our interventions and link beneficiaries to existingservice providers, supporting the integrated nature of this response.
The proposed interventions are based on interagency and our own assessments as well as FSNAU/FEWSNET findings highlighting the areas where people have significant food consumption gaps, employ negative coping mechanisms and have inadequate access to safe drinking water. Both Oxfam and SADO are present in the proposed areas for the Sida RRM and integrated into the regional and local humanitarian coordination system.
Project Objective
To improve food security, WASH and protection services to17,910 drought-affected IDPs and host communities in the Gedo and Sool regions of Somalia
Expected Result 1:  FSL - vulnerable Somali men, women and children living in IDP camps and rural areas have immediate access to life-saving food options during drought peaktime
Activities for Result 1:
1.1. 1235 households (7410 individuals) will receive two rounds of multipurpose cash in Somalia (625 HH/76 USD/month with multipurpose cash transfer in Gedo and 610 HH/90USD/month in Lasanod district)
1.2. Conduct beneficiary selection and verification process
1.3. Post distribution and monitoring of the cash disbursement
Expected Result 2: WASH - Men, women, boys and girls have improved access to cleandrinking water and hygiene promotion
Activities for Result 2:
2.1. Provide 625 households with water trucking in Beled Xaawo for 2 months (20 USD/HH/month)
2.2. Rehabilitating existing water infrastructure in Iftin IDP camp(pipes, water kiosks)
2.3.Provide hygiene kits to 1400 households (8400 individuals) in Iftin IDP camp
2.4. Establish one water management committee in Bardheere for water trucking and infrastructure management
Expected Result 3: Protection - Women, men, boys, and girls in project target locations have improved access to information on available services and reduced protection threats by supporting community lighting initiatives.
Activities for Result 3:
3.1. Mapping of available services in the project target locations and linking beneficiaries to existing service providers.
3.2. Install 14 public solar street lights at key strategic areas in IDP settlements at water points and main streets to reduce threats (Gedo and Lasanod).
3.3. Distribution of 360 multi-functional household solar lights to most vulnerable HH to mitigate heightened specific protection risks (reaching 2160 individuals)