WASH Cluster

GALKAYO (SoOHA) – Nuro Osman Kayman, 56, sold her last healthy goat this month to get cash to try to stave off hunger for her family of nine in Bandardseed village, some 80 kilometers southeast of Galkayo town in Mudug. Around 1,000 families living in this remote village have been …

DHUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – Nadifo Muhyadin Hassan’s family survives on the roughly five litres of water a day that she manages to beg from neighbours. She asks those who can afford to buy water from the commercial tankers visiting their village of Seemere in central Somalia’s Mudug region to spare a …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somali officials and representatives from the World Bank (WB) discussed ways to reduce water shortages in the country. A meeting between Villa Somali chief of staff, Dr. Nur Dirie Hersi and visiting World Bank officials in Mogadishu also discussed the potential of the two main rivers in …

ADDIS ABABA (SoOHA) – The livelihood in Somalia is set to develop as the African Development Bank has recently signed two grants for USD 28.8 million for road and water supply projects. The approval of two grants were already made by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on July 19 this …

BAIDOA (SoOHA) – Hilowlay Ali Mohamed has been a farmer for decades, continuing a long family tradition, and never once thought she would one day leave her home begging for aid.    But after a long walk from her drought-stricken village in southern Somalia’s Bay region, she found herself this month setting up a flimsy shelter …

DUSMAREB (SoOHA) –  Drought-hit families in remote parts of Galgadud region have welcomed an emergency water trucking service that has saved them from having to move to other places in search of water.  The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has hired 200 tankers to deliver water to 1,480 badly affected families in eight villages:Shilin-Wayne, Burdir, Meygag, Lan-aduray, Qurar, Habasley, Laan-Marer and Ardo In …

ANKARA (SoOHA) – Turkey has drilled a total of 505 water wells in Africa to provide clean water to millions of people, according to the country’s Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. The wells in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Somalia, and Somaliland were opened by the General Directorate of State Hydraulic …

LAS ANOD (SoOHS) – Ahmed Osman, who lives in Holhol village in Jidiinka-dodhada valley in northern Somalia’s Sool region, tuned in to Radio Ergo on 27th May and heard aweather forecast that made him take immediate action.  The Wahar-iyarashe stream near his home was filling up as the heavy ‘Gu rains pounded the area. The broadcast carried a warning of impending floods as the water was rising above the …

HARGEISA (SoOHA) – The community and local administration in Somaliland’s Saraar region havebrought relief to drought-hit families in villages facing acute water shortage.   Ulasan and War-imran villages in Saraar have been facing a longstanding water crisisthat has forced some residents to move away to other areas. The nearest water source is 30 km away.  Ahmed Mohamed Hashi, the mayor of Aynabo town, told Radio Ergo that members of the local assembly …

GALKAYO (SoOHA) – An acute water shortage in a village in central Somalia’s Mudug region is affecting more than 1,000 families, some of whom have left their homes in search of water.  Hirsi Omar Hassan, the chief of Tulo-Barwaqo, said the borehole pump broke down two weeks ago and could not be repaired. They tried to raise money locally but the price for a new pump …