Flooding Emergency Response in Somalia Over the past few days, Baidoa experienced heavy rainfall that had significant consequences for a large number of people. Specifically, on October 4th, 2023, the heavy rainfall in Baidoa had a negative impact on various internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the area. The consequences varied, with some individuals losing their shelters, others experiencing the loss of personal belongings, andsome having their food supplies washed away by the floods. The heavy rainfall that occurred on the night of October 4th, 2023, had a significant impact on the entire population of Baidoa, particularly affecting the IDP sites located on the outskirts of the town. In response, CCCM partners conducted assessments of the IDP sites to evaluate the extent of the damage caused by the rainfall. Theseassessments revealed disruptions in fundamental services such as infrastructure, water supply systems, and sanitation facilities. As a result, there has been water contamination, insufficient sanitation, and limited access to essential services, which has heightened the risk of waterborne diseases and other health issues. Overall, the floods have affected a total of 19,520 household’s equivalent to 117,120 individuals, leading to the collapse of 344 latrines due to the flash floods. Reference – see the attached CCCM cluster assessments report.
Access to safe and clean drinking water is crucial to prevent waterborne diseases. The flood may have contaminated water sources, making it essential to provide clean water through watertrucking targeting to 1000 households affected by the flash floods in Baidoa. 548 hygiene kits will be distributed to the affected families since personal hygiene kits are essential such as soap, jerry cans, buckets, aqua tabs, and sanitary pads. These items are crucial for maintaining personal cleanliness and hygiene, especially in situations where access to clean water and proper sanitation facilities may be limited. Immediate construction of 20emergency latrines with handwashing facilities are essential to address the immediate sanitation needs of flood-affected areas.
5 Community hygiene volunteers will be established and trained to apply a combination of different methodologies to reach the target beneficiaries through household visits using information education communication (IEC) materials, disseminating key hygiene messages with a focus on the adaptation of personal hygiene practice, treatment of drinking water at point-of-use (POU), safe handling of water for consumption, good use/maintenanceof latrines, prevention of AWD/COVID19 and hand washing with soap at critical times, environmental hygiene as well as ADW/cholera messages

GREDO will establish and train five water management committees that will ensure the management of the water trucking, the WMCs are responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of the water trucking. Their primary objective is to ensure reliable access to clean water for the community. The committees are composed of community members who are selected or elected based on their commitment, knowledge, and willingness to take on this responsibility.
Post distribution monitoring and case studies will be conducted after the distribution of water tracking and hygiene kits to the floods affected people in Baidoa.