Provision of lifesaving treatment and prevention of excess morbidity and mortality among severely and moderately malnourished children under five years and pregnant and lactating women in Sinay and Abdalla Birole in Kismayu district To address malnutrition among drought affected populations in Kismayo district of Lower Juba, the project will implement treatment of severe acute malnutrition through two static nutrition teams and one outreach team in sinai and Abdalla Birole. through the nutrition teams, Somali Aid will provide treatment services for severely malnourished children under fives, deworming, vitamin A suplimentation and preventive and promotive services such as Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) promotion and counseling as well as awareness creation and nutrition messaging within the community.  
Treatment of severely malnourished children under 5 years without medical complication will be done through the out patient therapeutic program targeting to treat 3267 under fives while pregnant and lactating women will be targeted and benefit from infant young child feeding promotion with a target of 2258 pregnant lactating women and care takers of children. 
Nutrition and health promotion sessions will be conducted at the nutrition sites as well as within the community through community health workers assigned house to house. Nutrition sessions will include sessions on Infant and Young Child Feeding, hygiene and health promotion as well as food and nutrients education. 
Mothers of children under five who are visiting the nutrition treatment centers will be targeted for nutrition session and IYCF counselling at the nutrition center while community health workers will continue with nutrition messaging at the community level targeting men and women in both Abdalla Birolle and Kismayu town and it's surroundings.

Generating community demand for improved maternal and child nutrition calls for a more integrated approach and building of capacities within communities to understand the nutrition services and ensure that women and children under five survive and remain healthy during pregnancy and through out the first five years of life amidst the presented climatic, political and geographical complexities. Creating awareness and demand in the communities will equip them with necessary knowledge to effectively participate in sustainable improvement of nutrition status among the Internally displaced hence the program will work with community health workers and community key leaders to establish well supportive and effective social environment within the community for the nutrition program. 

Technical nutrition team and the community health workers will be trained to build their capacity in management of acute malnutrition through a 5 day training on Integrated Management of  Acute Malnutrition for the technical team and a 3 day training for community health workers (CHWs) which will include training on identification and referral of malnourished children under five and screening skills, reporting, peer health education and conducting community meetings and sessions. 
mobilization sessions will be done through the community key influential people and the camp leaders to create awareness of the program and also to ensure program ownership and utilization. at least 10 key leaders per  settlement  shall be targeted for community program conception meetings and awareness.

Somali Aid through the nutrition program is committed to ensure community systems are equally strengthened for community nutrition service delivery.