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Somalia: Drought response Situation Report No. 14

This report is produced by OCHA Somalia in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 20 to 27 June 2017.

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Drought conditions are deepening as a result of poor Gu Gu 2017 Rainfall Performance rains and are now expected to continue until the coming Deyr season in October. According to the Gu 2017 Rainfall Performance report issued by the FAO-led Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM), the much-anticipated Gu rainy season was generally poor and considerably below normal, across the country. While the general trend for new displacements since May has been downward, interim statistics issued in June by the UNHCR-led Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN) indicate a renewed increase in drought-induced movements, particularly in Bay Region. An estimated 13,500 people arrived in Baidoa town between 1 and 23 June, originating mainly from villages in Bardaale town, Diinsoor and Qansax Dheere districts, Bay region, and Rab Dhuure district in Bakool. AWD/cholera cases continue to be reported in the displacement settlements in Baidao, Banadir and other locations. More than 53,000 AWD/cholera cases and 795 related deaths have been recorded countrywide in 2017, according to the latest reports by the Ministry of Health for Somalia. More than 19.2 million heads of livestock have been treated against common diseases since March, benefiting 2.9 million people across all regions of Somalia (with the exception of Middle Juba, due to insecurity).

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People in need. 3.2 m in IPC Phase 3 and 4

People displaced by drought since November 2016

Reported cases of suspected measles in 2017

heads of livestock treated for common diseases

Reported cases of AWD/cholera in 2017, including 795 deaths

Total reported humanitarian funding in 2017 (HRP+ non-HRP funding)

Situation Overview Drought conditions continue to affect most parts of the country, following a generally poor Gu 2017 rainy season. The Gu 2017 Rainfall Performance Report issued by the FAO-led SWALIM on 27 June indicates that except for a few places in Puntland, Somaliland and the southern regions of Bay, Lower and Middle Juba that received good rains in May and June, many parts of the country received below-average rainfall. The rains were sporadic and scattered, with an early cessation reported in Puntland and many parts of southern and central regions. The rains received in May boosted growth of pasture and crop production in the agropastoral areas of Somaliland that may continue to benefit from the Karan rains between June and August. Increased river levels were reported along the www.unocha.org/Somalia The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. Coordination Saves Lives

Somalia Drought Situation Report No. 14, 27 June 2017

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Juba and Shabelle river basins, and were good for irrigation, livestock and domestic use. Most parts of the country remain water stressed, with only 20 to 40 per cent of the ground water sources sufficiently re-charged. The drought conditions are expected to continue until the coming Deyr season in October. Climate model predictions indicate a 45 per cent possibility of an El Niño event in late 2017, which often results in enhanced rainfall in Somalia. More rains are required to end the impacts of the drought in the country. Protection partners (PRMN) recorded significant drought-related distress migrations from parts of Bakool, Bay, parts of Ethiopia, Lower and Middle Shabelle regions, into urban centres and settlements in Baidoa, Banadir, Gedo, Lower Juba and Togdheer regions. These areas have received very Somalia: drought-induced displacements little rainfall in 2017. New arrivals interviewed by protection (1 to 23 June 2017) partners reported increased livestock losses due to severe water shortages. Absorption capacities in Baidoa have been overstretched, forcing new arrivals to settle in the outskirts of the town. According to WASH cluster partners, women and children were left behind forcing them to move to main towns where some have integrated with host communities, while others moved to already existing displaced people’s camps. Some 22,000 new drought displacement people were recorded between 1 and 23 June; 60 per cent (13,600 people) being new arrivals in Baidoa town alone. Since November 2016, more than 761,000 people have been displaced due to drought, including 175,000 people in Baidoa and 162,000 individuals in Mogadishu. For more information click: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/58292) People displaced by drought remain acutely vulnerable to the spread of the AWD/cholera and other communicable diseases, due to limited access to safe water, coupled with poor sanitation and hygiene conditions in the settlements. AWD/cholera alerts continued to be reported from Bakool, Galgaduud, Gedo, Middle Juba, and Togdheer regions. Health partners report that verification of the AWD/cholera alerts in inaccessible areas remains a challenge due to insecurity. A cumulative 53,015 cases of AWD/cholera and 795 related deaths have been recorded from 52 districts across 16 regions since the beginning of 2017. In addition, an estimated 12,000 suspected measles cases have been reported in 2017; half of these are children under age 5. The health cluster has recommended a nation-wide measles vaccination campaign, and is actively seeking funding in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and IFRC to step up response. Scaling up sanitation and hygiene promotion, including distribution of hygiene kits and chlorination of existing water sources is critical to avert additional disease outbreaks.

Humanitarian Response With deepened drought conditions across most parts of Somalia and there is a critical need to improve and scale up multi-sectoral response between now and late 2017, when the rainfall performance is likely to be significant due to a possible El Niño event. Food cluster partners report that while above-average Deyr rains could present an opportunity, particularly for farmers and agropastoralists, it also brings risks, including flooding. These risks must be properly managed, including through the repair of breakages along the Shabelle and Juba Rivers, and the reactivation of community early warning systems that proved successful during the 2015/16 El Niño – to prevent damage to farmland and stored food in areas at risk of famine. Humanitarian partners continued to put in place measures to scale up response for the new drought-induced displacements. Some 1,360 households (approximately 8,160 individuals) have established new settlements in the west (Hagarka iyo Madi Geri IDP settlement) and in the north (Boodan IDP settlement) of Baidoa town. Only a limited amount of humanitarian assistance has been provided in these two settlements in the form of medical assistance www.unocha.org/Somalia The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. Coordination Saves Lives


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and food rations. The most immediate and pressing needs of the recent drought displaced people remain food, water, shelter and mosquito nets. Sanitation facilities are limited, with a severe shortage of waste disposal areas in most camps and settlements inhabited by the displaced people. WASH programming gaps remain in the IDP settlements and majority of landowners have opposed the installation of latrine structures. This has increased the vulnerability of the displaced people to disease outbreaks, including AWD/cholera and measles. An in-depth sectoral assessment is required to ascertain the scale of the needs and design targeted response. UNICEF and WHO in collaboration with partners have vaccinated 596,328 children (6 to 59 months) against measles across the country and a supplementary national measles immunization campaign is planned for November, targeting 4.2 million children 6 months to 10 years.

Funding While donor contributions continue to enable humanitarian partners to scale up life-saving and life sustaining humanitarian activities, more resources are required to sustain the response into the second half of the year.

Reported funding The revised Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan(HRP) seeking $1.5 billion to reach 5.5 million people with lifesaving assistance in 2017 is nearly 37 per cent funded, at $558 million. This leaves a gap of $952 million. Overall, as of 27 June 2017, US$772 million had been reported to the OCHA-managed Financial Tracking Service; including $214 ($42 million in pledges) million outside the HRP. The funds have been channelled through 61 humanitarian partners (out of 155 partners with projects in the HRP) to support the implementation of humanitarian activities in Somalia.

About $444 million or 58 per cent of the $772 million has been reported as disbursed to humanitarian partners, while $314 million or 42 per cent remains unpaid – either committed or pledged.

Additional support signaled by donors In addition to $772 million already paid, committed or pledged by donors to-date, additional fund have been signalled by donors. In May, Germany pledged to double its support, while the United Kingdom has pledged an additional $76 million (£60 million); and Qatar and Saudi Arabia each an additional $10 million in June. Further significant contributions are expected from the United States, ECHO and other donors at the end of June and early July.

Real-time information sharing about the available resources is essential for ensuring the overall efficiency of humanitarian response in Somalia. Donors and recipient agencies are strongly encouraged to inform OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS – http://fts.unocha.org) of cash and in-kind contributions. Reporting can done through the online reporting form or by e-mailing the reporting template to [email protected].

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III. Humanitarian Needs and Response

Education Needs The severe drought has had a significant impact on the education system. 528,000 children are in need of assistance to stay in schools. An estimated 304,000 school-aged children are among the 761,000 drought displaced people. The displacement has left most of these children vulnerable. There is an increasing number of displaced school children who are not attending schools and further scale up of the response is needed to prevent crisis-related school dropout. Response •

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Lessons from the 2011 drought indicate that a good number of children never returned to school after the long recess. Based on this premise, Puntland Education cluster partners and Ministry of Education (MoE) will keep the schools in severely drought affected districts/locations open during the academic year break. The Ministry of Education has agreed that schools will be the most suitable place to keep children safe and protected. The children will be engaged in recreation and learning activities. They will also be provided with school meals and safe drinking water during the recess. Education response has ensured children access education in Somalia. 155,000 of the targeted 250,000 children have been able to access education services through the support of the drought response. This includes 106,591 children supported with safe drinking water in schools, 33,800 with school food and 99,500 children with teaching and learning materials.

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Funding made available for the response is short term - lasting 4 to 6 months and is therefore not adequate to sustain the current response throughout the drought crisis. This may undermine the gains achieved and investment put in place to retain children in schools. The situation may force more children out of school and exposing them to broader socio-political risks. Lack of donor prioritization of education in emergency and insufficient funding is another constraint for effective response. Of the total emergency funding received to the overall response, only 1 per cent of the total funding has supported education for children. AWD/Cholera cases among school children have been reported in schools. Increased focus on hygiene promotion is needed to create awareness.

Food Security Needs Between February and May, the number of acutely food insecure people rose by half a million people to 6.7 million. Most of this increase was in the number of people in IPC Phase 4 (up by 67 per cent since February). The deterioration has been most significant – and accelerated – in rural areas, which are now home to 68 per cent of the population in IPC Phases 3 and 4, and 92 per cent of those in IPC 4. Current food security needs are expected to persist throughout 2017 as the poor Gu rains are likely to lead to another poor harvest. However, the Deyr rainy season (October-December) offers a window of opportunity as the season is forecast to be average to above-average. Humanitarian partners are geared to help farming families remain in rural areas to enable them to plant as the Deyr season sets in October 2017. Supporting emergency livestock activities will be key to keeping animals alive and productive, while cash-based interventions will help meet families’ immediate food needs. Delivery on these priorities is essential to prevent further deterioration of the food security situation; stem further displacement out of rural areas, and potentially act as a trigger for the early return of those already displaced.



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More than 530,000 people in rural areas have received cash transfers since January, amounting to US$12.9 million. The transfers are being made on a monthly basis for 3 to 3.5 months, helping families across the country to meet their immediate food needs. Nearly 263,000 people have received $6.9 million through cash-for-work in Somaliland, Puntland and southern and central Somalia, providing them with immediate access to food and improving livelihoods. The work is also benefitting communities through initiatives such as the repair of irrigation canals to boost maize production by about 80 per cent and water catchments to store water for 207,000 animals for the entire dry season. Around 20 per cent, including disabled people, the elderly and pregnant women, are receiving the cash unconditionally as they are unable to work. More than 38,300 rural farming and agro-pastoral households -100 per cent of the target in Awdal, Bakool, Bay, Gedo, Galbeed, Hiraan, Woqooyi and Lower and Middle Shabelle regions received more than 1,000 tons of seeds (cereal, cowpea and vegetable) to plant during the Gu season. These families are also receiving cash vouchers for three months – the time it takes to plant and harvest staple crops. Each family is expected to produce enough to feed themselves and two additional families for six months. Tractor hours were also provided to 1,850 households who received seeds in Somaliland. Tractor hour support will help to prepare their land for planting and tilling more than 1,850 hectares. In riverine areas of southern Somalia (Lower Shabelle region), seed beneficiaries are receiving irrigation support for their crops. To date, 4,100 farming households have received their initial six hours of irrigation – as their crops grow, they will receive an additional two cycles, for a total of 18 hours. More than 19.2 million heads of livestock have been treated against common diseases since March, benefiting 2.9 million people across all regions of Somalia (with the exception of Middle Juba, due to insecurity). By the end of the emergency campaign, about 21 million animals belonging to 3.1 million people will have been treated. By keeping livestock alive, these interventions are preserving a life-saving source of food and income for highly vulnerable pastoralists and agro-pastoralists.

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Lack of access continues to affect response in some part of Middle Juba and Lower Shebelle and Bakool. This has contributed to the growing displacements in Baidoa and Mogadishu in search of life-saving assistance. Additional funding is required to sustain scale up of humanitarian response and to meet the increasing food security and malnutrition needs. The limited agriculture input support to populations in the western part of Somaliland has constrained the communities’ capacity to invest in production during the Gu season and /or utilise land with irrigation potential to increase production.

Health Needs The health situation remains critical as water scarcity, food insecurity and malnutrition continue to drive needs. High rate of malnutrition, outbreaks of AWD/cholera and measles are the major health concerns. As of 18 June, 53,015 cumulative cases of AWD/cholera cases and 795 related deaths (case fatality rate of 1.5 per cent) were recorded from 52 districts across 16 regions. This is a significant increase compared to cases recorded during the same period in 2016. The AWD/cholera attack rate is highest in Bay region where almost 19 people per 1000 people have suffered from AWD/cholera. This is above the projection of 1 person per 1000. The high attack rate in Bakool, Bay, Gedo and Lower Shabelle is attributed to inaccessibility of the most affected areas. Cases of suspected measles continue to rise across Somalia. A total of 11,776 suspected cases have been reported nationwide as of 25 June, exceeding the number of cases reported in 2016. The need for essential life-saving health services have increased as more people become vulnerable.



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WHO and UNICEF, in collaboration with health cluster partners are plaining a nationwide measles immunization campaign in November, targeting 4.2 million children 6 months to 10 years. An ad-hoc health cluster coordination meeting was held in Mogadishu, Garowe and Hargiasa to revise strategies to coordinate scaling up of response activities, following the spike of AWD/cholera cases in Banadir region. The Integrated Emergency Response teams (IERTs) provided medical assistance for 1,140 people affected by AWD/cholera. Some 75 cases were referred to respective Cholera Treatment Centers (CTC) and hospitals in four regions of South Central. These teams also reached 6,498 people with heath education. 54 health workers were trained in cholera surveillance, case management, infection control and prevention in Kismayo, Lower Juba. Health partners donated 200 cartons of ringer lactate infusions to Banadir hospital CTC to support response activities to contain the current surge of AWD/cholera in Mogadishu. The Health and WASH clusters national teams met at the Drought Operations Centre in Mogadishu to discuss ways of strengthening the IERTs responses and to boost ongoing AWD/cholera response in the country. Health cluster partners have conducted risk assessment in Banadir and Galgaduud regions to identify populations at risk of the AWD/cholera epidemic. 20 stool samples were collected from Banadir and Kismayo, 11 of them were positive for Vibrio Cholera, 01 Ogawa House to house AWD/cholera prevention and awareness sessions were conducted in the Afgoye corridor, Banadir region, where the epicentre of the latest AWD epidemic is located. 3 tonnes of emergency supplies were shipped to Somaliland to support response activities. Overall over 62 tons of medical supplies have been distributed since the beginning of the year. Aquatabs and hygiene kits were distributed to over 10,000 households in Afgoye corridor in Banadir region. Emergency life-saving supplies including 4,000 litres of Ringer Lactate is being delivered to a health center in Elmacan to scale of ongoing responses of AWD/cholera outbreak in the area which falls under Warsheikh district of Middle Shabelle. Health and WASH clusters in collaboration with Radio ERGO scaled up AWD/cholera awareness messages in hotspot districts in Banadir region. This is in response to increasing cases of AWD/cholera in region for the past three months. Health and WASH Cluster partners jointly continue a mass campaign to scale up of preventive measures AWD/cholera outbreak in six hotspots districts in Banadir. So far distribution of aqua tabs, ORS, Zinc tabs with mobilization are smoothly continuing in the targeted districts.

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The funding shortfall continues to hamper delivery of life-saving health services to the 4.3 million people targeted for health sector interventions including displacement and children. Inaccessibility to some of the affected areas due to insecurity is affecting delivery of basic health services to affected communities. Additional life-saving medical supplies are urgently required in health facilities in locations affected by drought, measles and AWD/cholera.

Logistics Needs Humanitarian access and effective delivery of humanitarian assistance to populations in need continues to be hampered by the ongoing insecurity in parts of Somalia, particularly in Lower Juba, Upper Juba, and Gedo regions. Roadblocks and illegal checkpoints in South and Central Somalia have contributed to a volatile security situation, making much of the road network unsafe for movement of goods and people. Road access, especially during the rainy season, is often constrained. For more information on Logistics cluster: http://www.logcluster.org/ops/som14a.



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73 per cent of logistics transport and storage service requests have been completed. Nearly 2,000 metric tons of humanitarian aid have been airlifted within Somalia on behalf of humanitarian partners. In order to address access limitations, the Logistics Cluster, in collaboration with UNHAS is facilitating an ongoing, scaled-up air response for humanitarian cargo and personnel. Three cargo planes (one currently under maintenance) are positioned in Mogadishu to facilitate the airlift of critical humanitarian supplies. The Logistics Cluster is facilitating access to sea and road transportation for humanitarian aid cargo. Humanitarian supplies are being transported by sea on a monthly basis from the Port of Mombasa to Mogadishu, Berbera, Bossaso and Kismayo. This is ensuring a more predictable and regular delivery through functional Somali ports. Since February, more than 440 metric tons of critical supplies have been transported on behalf of FAO, UNHCR and UNICEF by road and sea into and throughout Somalia. The Logistics Cluster continues to support humanitarian partners to pre-position emergency supplies in storage facilities in a number of locations throughout Somalia. Refrigerated containers have been made available in Mogadishu on behalf of UNICEF and Save the Children. Plans are also underway to install an additional storage facility for heat-sensitive items in Mogadishu.

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Due to road access limitations and deteriorating infrastructure and airstrips, a number of key operational areas remain only accessible by air, while others are completely inaccessible. The Logistics Cluster is currently working closely with members of the humanitarian community to identify logistics solutions in order to address these logistics gaps.

Nutrition Needs The nutrition situation in Somalia remains critical, with an increased number of new admissions to feeding programmes. A critical Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate of between 15 per cent and 30 per cent has been reported among rural pastoral communities in Sool, Sanaag, Bari and Nugaal and agro-pastoral and among displaced people in Baidoa and Mogadishu. The nutrition needs remain high, with over a million children suspected to be acutely malnourished. Response • • •

Nutrition cluster partners continued to scale up the response through new mobile sites and fixed treatment sites. Some 123,000 beneficiaries were admitted to outpatient therapeutic centers since January 2017. Over 345,000 cases of malnutrition (126,000 severe acute malnutrition and 218,611 moderate acute malnutrition) have been admitted to feeding programs in 2017. The partners have scaled up into new areas that initially did not have treatments thereby increasing the geographical coverage.


Cluster partners continue to face challenges due to insecurity in some areas. This has resulted in inaccessibility and closure of some nutrition sites, especially in the Middle Juba region.



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Shelter Needs Nearly 1.1 million protracted internally displaced people exist countrywide. The shelter cluster activities are focused on IDPs in urban centres. This includes some 400,000 protracted IDPs in Mogadishu (Banadir, Lower and Middle Shabelle); of which 150,000 are new IDPs in Daynille and Kaxda settlements; 124,000 IDPs in Somaliland; 10,000 people in Nugaal and Bari; some 160,000 new IDPs in Baidoa; an estimated 70,000 IDPs in Hiraan and Galgaduud regions; 16,000 in Gedo region; 70,000 in Mudug and 21,000 in Juba -including more than 2,000 spontaneous returnee households from Dadaab refugee camp who are settled in Dhobley. Lack of adequate shelter and key NFIs has been reported across all the IDP settlements.

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Over 154,000 people have been reached withNFIs assistance since the beginning of the year. Some 1,000, NFIs kits were distributed in Mudug region between 1 and 20 June. Another 153,000 people received NFIs between January and May. Some 57,000 people assisted with ESKs between January and May.

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About 539,000 people are yet to receive Shelter/NFI assistance. Limited funding has affected the delivery of humanitarian assistance by Shelter Cluster partners. Increased advocacy is required to highlight the need for shelter and NFIs to drought-displaced individuals. Logistical challenges including high flight costs, road inaccessibility, insecurity, check points for the transportation of NFI/Shelter supplies are affecting the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance. Lack of pre-positioned stocks due to limited funding for shelter activities hampers timely response to displaced populations.

WASH Needs Most parts of the country have received below normal rainfall performance. Hygiene and sanitation conditions in the settlements for displaced people remain poor, and the insufficient sanitation facilities have meant increased open defecation. Water points in settlements around Daynile and Kahda districts are now dysfunctional due to over-use, forcing displaced people to buy water at a prohibitive costs. Due to increased pressure on the remaining functional boreholesmost of them have broken down and require spare parts for repair and maintenance. Drought-related distress migrations are on the increase especially into urban centres in Banadir, Bay, Gedo, Lower Juba and Toghdeer regions. Latest arrivals include returnees from refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, new displaced from Bay, Bakool and within Gedo. The pull factor for the migrations is largely due to drought, although the limited humanitarian help available has also attracted many households from Ethiopian refugee camps to come and settle in Gedo. There is critical need to improve and scale up WASH infrastructure to help reduce AWD/cholera outbreaks. More AWD/cholera cases continued to be reported among the displaced communities particularly in Baidoa district and Banadirregions.. Scaling up sanitation, access to safe water and hygiene promotion, including distribution of hygiene kits is critical to avert additional disease outbreaks.



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WASH response, including distribution of hygiene kits and dissemination of hygiene promotion messages, establishment and support to Cholera Treatment Centres, distribution of safe water, rehabilitation and construction of additional sanitation facilities have been implemented towards AWD/cholera outbreak in the hot spots and high risk areas. Construction or rehabilitation of water systems, provision of safe water to the IDP camps together with hygiene promotion continued. Approximately3.51 million people have been reached with temporary or permanent access to safe water in 2017. This represents 75 per cent of the 4.5 million people targeted for access to safe water. The number of people supported with temporary access to water increased from 90,000 in January to 1.05 million people in April. However, in May only 707,000 people were reached with temporary access to safe water. This was due to lack of funds to extend the short-terms projects. Provision of safe sanitation infrastructure increased in May but at a slower pace than in April (142,000 beneficiaries in May versus 166,000 in April). This is attributed to limited funding making it difficult for partners to sustain their response. Hygiene promotion activities aimed at containing the AWD/cholera outbreak have reached over 56 per cent (1.4 million people) of the 2.5 million people targeted countrywide. Some 848,000 people received hygiene kits. An additional 20,000 hygiene kits have been delivered in Somaliland to support the AWD/cholera response Community-level training targeting community leaders, hygiene promoters and community health workers have been ongoing in different locations facilitated by WASH cluster partners.

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The increased number of new arrivals in the displaced people’s settlements have resulted in increased pressure on the limited WASH resources hence the need for construction of additional latrines, provision of safe water, and distribution of hygiene kits. There are no proper waste disposal areas in most camps and poor hygiene practices are observed. Open defecation is common in these settlements and landowners have opposed the installation of latrines. Lack of funding has further limited the cluster’s ability to sustain extensive hygiene campaigns, especially in the rural areas and for pre-existing IDP settlements in peri-urban areas. Of the $111.6 million cluster requirement, only 27 per cent ($30 million) has been received as of 19 June, leaving a gap of $81.5 million. This has affected the effective delivery of services. Additional funding - around $10 million of the funding gap of $81.6 million - is needed for Cholera Treatment Centers support, provision of WASH services in schools, health posts and other health facilities and to support the new Integrated Emergency Response Teams approach.

Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Needs Since November 2016 , an estimated 761,000 people have been forced to leave their homes across Somalia to access life-saving assistance. In June alone, 22, 000 people were displaced and it is foreseen that more people from rural areas will move to urban and peri-urban centers and join displacement settlements. This adds to an overall upward trend in the displaced population growth and has led to the deterioration of the living conditions in the displaced peoples’ settlements and urban centers. Response •

CCCM partners are in the process of soliciting funding in order to start activities in the most affected areas.


Partners need urgent funding to effectively meet needs in areas of the largest influxes of IDPS. Integrated responses of CCCM, Shelter and sanitation should be prioritized in settlements in order to improve living conditions and mitigate protection and health risks www.unocha.org/Somalia

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Latest Publications • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Somalia Humanitarian funding: http://bit.ly/2tRWLxS Somalia Humanitarian dashboard: http://bit.ly/2rUZ0nu Somalia Humanitarian bulletin 2 June: http://bit.ly/2rYwsIL Situation Report for Acute Watery Diarrhoea/Cholera Epidemiological week 24 (12th to 18th June 2017) : https://goo.gl/paZfef UNHCR (Protection & Return Monitoring Network -PRMN) - Somalia drought related displacements, 23 June 2017: https://goo.gl/u8WEVB UNHCR PRMN Interim statistics package -Somalia drought related displacements, 23 June 2017: https://goo.gl/iERU5j Gu 2017 Rainfall Performance, March-June 2017, 28 June 2017: http://ow.ly/MZAo30daBIw Using Cash-based Interventions to Prevent Famine in Somalia: http://bit.ly/2sU30nI REACH Initiative, Somalia: Baidoa IDP Settlement Assessment, April 2017: http://ow.ly/aHlr30coude Somalia: Humanitarian Snapshot, 7 June 2017: http://ow.ly/yfke30cowE9 The forecast, observed river levels and rainfall amounts are updated on a daily basis and can be found in this link: http://systems.faoso.net/frrims/ Logistics Cluster Somalia Access Constraints Map (as of 14 June 2017): https://tinyurl.com/y8tkmkk8 UNHAS Somalia Flight Schedule (5 May to 31 August 2017): http://www.logcluster.org/document/unhasflight-schedule-5-may-2017-31-august-2017 Somalia General Logistics Planning Map (GLPM): http://www.logcluster.org/map/somalia-general-logisticsplanning-map

For further information or to contribute to next week’s report, please contact: Tapiwa Gomo, Head of Communication, [email protected], Tel. +252 616 548 007 | Truphosa Anjichi-Kodumbe, Humanitarian Reporting Officer, [email protected],Tel: +254 722 839 182 | Antonette Miday, Public Information Officer, [email protected], Tel. +254-731 043 156.
