WASH Cluster

MOGADISHU — UNICEF on Friday called for urgent action to address Somalia’s critical water needs due to the worsening drought in the Horn of African country. Some 2.6 million people are facing water shortages due to severe drought conditions in Somalia, according to a UNICEF statement. “Water scarcity and drought conditions …

MOGADISHU — Qatar Charity (QC) has started digging 27 wells in several regions of Somalia’s Hirshabelle State, and inaugurated an artesian water well in ‘Garasdheere’, a village in Hirshabelle, to benefit tens of thousands of families belonging to pastoral communities. The project is part of Qatar Charity’s efforts to respond …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday it has stepped up response to support drought-stricken communities in Somalia especially in the southern region to avert a further deterioration of the situation. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said prolonged drought conditions have impacted many …

MOGADISHU — Like most countries in the Horn of Africa, Somalia has been hit hard by drought. The phenomenon, partly caused by climate change, is drying up the water resources needed by the population. In its strategy document presented on October 3rd, 2021 in the capital Mogadishu, the Somali government …

MOGADISHU — In June 2021, Osman Mohamed, 18, from Mogadishu, felt unwell for over a week. He was quickly getting tired and was coughing a lot. He decided to go to the hospital and was diagnosed with COVID-19. “I felt so stressed out when the doctor said I had tested …

DOHA — Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), recently met Adam Abdelmoula, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. He was accompanied by a delegation that comprised Ian Ridley, Head of Office, the United Nations Office for the Coordination …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Wednesday warned that over 1.7 million people in Somalia will lack access to safe water and adequate sanitation unless resources are provided to respond. “If we do not get resources to respond; More than 1.7 million people …

JOWHAR — Abdullahi Hussein Gudlawe of HirShabelle State has named a select committee for the flooding caused by the Shabelle River. The sixteen-member committee will be chaired by the state Minister for Interior, Mohamed Ali Caadle, who will be deputised by Mohamed Omar Ceymoy. Members include Salah Mohamed Hassan, Mohamud …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the French Government on Tuesday announced a partnership in kind, which will allow FAO and other organizations to strategically focus their flood response efforts with innovations in technology and satellite imagery. In a statement FAO said the …

MOGADISHU — Hundreds of people have been displaced & large farmlands of newly sown crops destroyed by floods after a Shabelle river burst its banks in Baarey & Moyko villages near Jowhar officials said, as the Food and Agricultural Organizataion warned rising water levels along the Juba and Shabelle Rivers …