{"id":3676,"date":"2019-10-23T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2019-10-24T07:08:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T07:08:05","slug":"somalias-2-6m-internally-displaced-citizens-in-need-of-water-shelter-and-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/10\/23\/somalias-2-6m-internally-displaced-citizens-in-need-of-water-shelter-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia\u2019s 2.6m IDPs in need of water, shelter, and health"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) –<\/strong> Somalia has for almost three decades been in the throes of conflict; now add the most recent drought and the result is displacement and food shortages.<\/p>\n

There are reports of the urgent need for assistance among the most affected regions, such as Baidoa.<\/p>\n

In the first half of the year, forced displacement in Somalia was primarily due to insecurity, drought, and floods, and\u00a0currently, a total of 2.6 million people\u00a0remain\u00a0displaced within the country.<\/p>\n

Following the declaration of a severe drought in the Horn of Africa region, aid agencies, in collaboration with the Government of Somalia, launched a Drought Impact Response Plan in June.<\/p>\n

Of the 15 million people living in Somalia, 5.4 million (about 30%) were estimated to be food insecure with 2.2\u00a0million\u00a0of these in severe acute food insecurity conditions.<\/p>\n

More than half of the population lives in poverty with the highest poverty rates found in displacement settlements, with affected populations mainly coming from Lower Shabelle, Bakool, Bay and\u00a0Sanaag\u00a0and heading towards Middle Shabelle and Banadir.<\/p>\n

Baidoa, the capital of Bay region, hosts one of the largest IDP\u00a0populations\u00a0in Somalia. According to figures compiled by the international community, as of September 2019,\u00a0Baidoa had 359,994 internally displaced persons, consisting of 51,322 households on 435 sites.<\/p>\n

Ali Ahmed, an IOM field officer in Baidoa said: \u201cWe have new arrivals here coming every day, every week\u2026The biggest gap for the new arrivals is food, water and shelter \u2013 that is the main challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

IOM\u2019s Chief of Mission in Somalia Dyane Epstein said: \u201cThe needs are\u00a0immense,\u00a0and IOM is working together with the government, communities, and international partners to provide the\u00a0much-needed\u00a0support, ensuring their basic needs are met.\u201d<\/p>\n

In all the East and Horn of Africa, the region had 8.1\u00a0million\u00a0IDPs and 3.5\u00a0million\u00a0refugees and asylum-seekers as of June.<\/p>\n

Largely due to prolonged conflict, Somalia also has a considerable refugee population abroad,\u202fnearly 900,000, according to\u202fUNHCR\u2019 Global Trends Report issued in June 2019. The majority were staying in Kenya (34.7%), Ethiopia (26.4%) and Yemen (34%), in addition to 6 percent hosted by other countries.<\/p>\n

Somalia itself hosted\u202f17,000\u202frefugees and asylum-seekers who were mainly settled in Woqooyi\u202fGalbeed, Bari and Banadir.\u202fMainly from\u202fEthiopia, Yemen and other countries, including Syria, Tanzania, and Eritrea.<\/p>\n

Source: IOM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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