Provision of life-saving and life-sustaining emergency livelihoods assistance for IDPs and drought affected rural communities in Baidoa/Berdale district, Bay region OOPI proposes a 5 months project that is in line with the FSC’s response strategy of Famine prevention by prioritizing scale up of lifesaving and life sustaining emergency support for people most at risk of Famine in Baidoa/Berdale districts ensuring immediate access to food and the protection of livelihood assets for women, men, boys and girls who are at risk of Famine, prioritizing the most vulnerable groups such as newly displaced IDPs, HHs with SAM/MAM under-fives or PLWs, minority and marginalized groups, persons living with disabilities, agro-pastoralists and rural IDPs, and female-headed households. The project will target 1,474 vulnerable drought affected IDPs (1,124) and Agro-pastoral (350) HHs among women, men, boys, girls, including female headed HHs most at risk of Famine in Meyko gurow, Gololka, Harqan IDP, Raardawo, Sinan, Edaan Qaboobe, Balad Amar, Malkaay, Ibdow Afey, Tutes, Edayin, Kashidow and Bulla malan villages.  

Furthermore, to ensure that the most vulnerable populations and at highest risk populations receive timely assistance and services, COOPI will focus on key locations at sub-district and village level within Baidoa/Berdale District based on percentage of populations in IPC Phase 4+ (including IPC Phase 5 catastrophe), GAM rates, health indicators, WASH needs (including ongoing water crisis and prevalence of cholera and AWD), and under-served IDP settlements with response gaps and huge influx of new arrivals through Coordination with Nutrition, WASH, Health and CCCM clusters under the FSC vice coordinator.
In order to improve household immediate access to food, unconditional cash transfer will be provided to 1,124 affected IDPs to enable them immediately access food, water, healthcare, and other basic services while 350 rural HHs including girls, pregnant and lactating women, boys and men will be given cash plus inputs to enable them get back into production and improve household access to food. To protect key livelihoods assets of Agro-pastoralists, 350 vulnerable Agro- pastoral HHs will be provided with Emergency fodder provision and livestock water as part of the cash plus inputs to protect their assets against the drought fatalities. The activity is aimed at protecting livestock assets of the drought affected agro-pastoral communities from dehydration, starvation, opportunistic infections and death. This activity is envisaged to reduce workload and stress on women and girls who are responsible for watering of livestock and collection of pasture for livestock feeding. In addition, GBV and exploitation malpractices associated with search of livestock feeds and water for long distances will be mitigated through the proposed activity. 
In summary the following activities will be carried out in line with the FSC’s response plan:
1. Provide unconditional cash transfer to 1,124 IDP HHs in Baidoa/Berdale district to increase immediate access to food.
2.Cash plus inputs to 350 rural HHs in Baidoa/Berdale district to increase immediate access to food.
3. Emergency fodder provision for 350 vulnerable drought affected Agro-pastoral HHs. .
4. Provision of emergency livestock water to 350 drought affected households in Baidoa/Berdale district