WASH Cluster

MOGADISHU — Humanitarian organizations need an additional US$1 billion in funding to reach 7.6 million people targeted for humanitarian assistance in Somalia. The increased requirement for the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) comes against the backdrop of rapidly mounting needs and a corresponding scale-up in humanitarian action. “We are facing …

UNITED NATIONS — The drought situation in Somalia is very critical and some 1 million people, including children, women, and elderly people, are displaced by the drought, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, Somali president’s special envoy for drought relief, has said. “They don’t have food. They don’t have water. They don’t have …

A humanitarian catastrophe is imminent in Somalia and the Horn of Africa. That’s the joint assessment of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), following months of food security assessments. The number of people in dire need …

MOGADISHU — More than 60 aid agencies on Monday called on donors to help avert famine in Somalia where 7.8 million people are affected by the severe drought which is ravaging parts of the country. The agencies under the Somalia NGO Consortium, a network of relief agencies operating in Somalia, …

MOGADISHU — Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched an emergency response to drought in Somalia, with a set of food, health, water and sanitation assistance for the benefit of 25,423 internally displaced persons (IPDs) at the camps of Dolow district, Gedo region, Jubaland, as well as 162,000 heads of …

NAIROBI — Several parts of Somalia is expected to receive heavy rain falls in the coming days according to International organization. In a statement posted on its platform on Wednesday, the Intergovernmental Development on Authority (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) forecasted the imminent rainfall in the Horn of …

MOGADISHU — Besides causing loss of human lives, severe drought in Somalia has affected over half a million livestock population and has led to large-scale displacements in the region. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Adan Mohumed Farah, country adviser for the UK-based humanitarian group Save the Children, said the situation was …

DHUSAMAREB —  Residents of Qaradhi town in the Galgadud region are complaining of a severe drought that has affected people and livestock, urging speedy assistance from the Somali federal government, Galmudug regional administration, and aid agencies, SONNA reported. Ilyas Hassan Ugas, a resident of Qaradhi town, told the state media …

BELEDWEYNE —  Ministers of Planning and Water of HirShabelle state along with officials from the Ministry of Planning of FGS and Hiraan Regional Administration have jointly laid the foundation stone for a dam project in Hela Kaliyo area on the outskirts of Beledweyne, SONNA reported. The project will be implemented …

BAIDOA — Somali National Army(SNA) has supplied drinking water to Internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected families by the drought. According to SNA official Asal Adan, the army provided water to the IDP camp in the outskirts of Baidoa. “Water trucking is not enough. Today we were passing here and noticed …