Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) Somalia: Drought

Emergency Appeal MDRSO005 Glide n° DR-2015-000134-SOM Date of issue: 15 March 2017 Operation start date: 25 March 2016 Expected timeframe: 21 December 2017 If Emergency Appeal operation, DREF amount Point of contact (name and title): Mr. Yusuf initially allocated: CHF 129,394 Hassan Mohamed. President SRCS. Overall operation budget: CHF 3,308,035 Number of people affected: 6.2 Million Number of people to be assisted: 150,000 beneficiaries (25,000 household) Host National Society(ies) presence (n° of volunteers, staff, branches): Somali Red Crescent Society ( and ) Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners actively involved in the operation (if available and relevant): British Red Cross, Japanese Red Cross Society, Red Cross of Monaco, Swedish Red Cross, The Canadian Red Cross Society, The Netherlands Red Cross, and The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Bilateral Consortium: British Red Cross, Finnish Red Cross and German Red Cross, Norwegian Red Cross

Other partner organizations actively involved in the operation: NERAD (Somaliland) and Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Agency (HADMA), UNOCHA, CARE International, SCI, DRC, ADESO, UNHCR, TASS, UNDP, WFP, UNICEF, FAO IRC, SCI, NRC, CARE International, Concern Worldwide, ISLAMIC RELIEF, ADESO, ADRA, ACF, DRC, UNDP, TASS, ECHO.

Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: This revised Emergency Appeal seeks 3,308,035 Swiss francs (increased from 1,291,576) to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) in assisting 150,000 people for 10 months. The expanded operation will focus on the following sectors: health; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); livelihood, nutrition, food security; shelter (including household non-food items). It also reflects a substantial increase in the target population, timeframe for implementation, number of activities, and an enlarged geographic scope. The current funding gap is 2,613,274 Swiss francs. The planned response reflects the current situation and information available at this time of the evolving operation, and will be adjusted based on further developments and more detailed assessments.

A. Situation analysis

Description of the disaster

Somalia is a country prone to recurrent droughts due to irregular rainfall pattern and effects of climate change. In both Puntland and Somaliland territories, the population mostly depends on agro pastoralism and livestock, which have been affected by the drought, reducing access to food and impacting on their nutritional/health status. The farming situation has since deteriorated due to the lack of water rains that helps in cultivation. Water sources of these communities are shallow wells which most of them are damaged and need rehabilitation. There are no nearby rivers and boreholes.

An estimated 6 million people, more than half the population, are currently in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia. The current drought was declared in Somalia in August 2015. A significant degradation in food security, nutrition, WASH and health conditions has been recorded across the country since the start of the current dry season (January–March), which is hotter than usual. Conditions have also been causing widespread displacement of rural populations towards urban centres since November.

Severe drought conditions are rapidly deteriorating food security, nutrition, and health levels across Somalia. A pre- famine warning was declared in January, and there is currently a larger population at risk than in the 2011 famine. Below P a g e | 2 average gu (April-June) rainfall is predicted in most of the country, with famine conditions likely in localised areas if humanitarian assistance cannot reach all populations in need. Due to continued insecurity, this scenario is a distinct possibility1.

Several Regions in Puntland and Somaliland including Bari, Karkaar, and Sool had been hit with extensive drought that was carried over from 2016 into 2017. The numbers of food insecure populations have increased markedly following successive bouts of drought because of the combined effects of El-Nino and La-Nino. There is severe water shortages and lack of pasture in all affected areas with the availability of water reportedly classified to be quasi-zero in most of the villages. Both Puntland and Somaliland Governments issued an Appeal to agencies and donors stating that there is a need to act immediately and mobilize swiftly to support these vulnerable people who have been suffering for months.

The latest FEWSNET outlook issued early February 2017 states that Famine (IPC Level 5-Catastrophe) can be expected if the 2017 Gu (April-June) season sees minimal rain, if the purchasing power continues to decline, and if humanitarian assistance does not reach populations in need.2 The February 2017 GAM reports show that most areas at impacted as serious (10%-14%) to critical (above 15%) with some of the highest levels of SAM and MAM reported in W. Galbeed, Bari, Mudug and Sanaag.3 Both these show a need to reassess the food security and nutrition as well as the health impacts of this operation in order to most effectively address the short-term food security and nutrition impacts but also the long-term health impacts, as possible within the capacities of the operation. Table courtesy of FEWSNET4

Summary of the current response

Overview of Host National Society The Somali Red Crescent Society SRCS is currently providing Health and Care services through its Mobile and Static Clinics through its Integrated Health Care Programme (IHCP). The mobile and static clinics provide immunization (mother and child), treatment of common illnesses, nutrition screening, (Out Patient Therapeutic Feeding Programme [OTP], Therapeutic Supplementary Feeding Programme [TFSP], Maternal Child Health Nutrition [MCHN]) reproductive health (ante-natal, post-natal, delivery services) and health education in some of the areas that are currently affected by the drought. The National Society is operating a total of 12 static clinics and 6 mobiles in Somaliland and 20 static clinics and 4 mobile clinics in Puntland through multilateral support from Partner National Societies (PNS) and in collaboration with the sector ministry, UNICEF, WHO and WFP.

1 https://www.acaps.org/country/somalia/special-reports#container-847 2 2 http://www.fsnau.org/in-focus/fsnau-fewsnet-technical-release-february-2017

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Type of Clinic Quantity District Beneficiaries supported under targeted and drought Reached Mobile Clinic 4 4 in Somaliland ( 80% out of the 78, and Lasaanod 990 targeted. Mobile Clinic 2 Puntland (Garowe)

The National Society is also implementing a number of projects including Youth Development, Community-Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA), HIV programme, Restoring Family Links and a Community Resilience programme with three main components; WATSAN, Livelihoods, Drought Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation. This is through the support of Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement Partner National Societies (PNS) both multilaterally through IFRC or bilaterally.

Overview of Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in country GRC and Finnish Red Cross are currently running an ECHO project in Maroodijeeh and . Under the current severe drought, GRC/Finnish RC supported SRCS Lassanod branch with unconditional cash distribution to selected beneficiaries in two communities in the Sool region (Lasurdin and Hudun). This is within the framework of a GRC-Finnish RC supported programme of resilience building activities that are taking place in those two communities. At the moment, the SRCS branch are carrying out beneficiary selection in the community. Following that the GRC will decide on the actual method of cash distribution.

National Type of District FOCUS Beneficiaries STATUS Society Project Somalia Hunger and Somaliland Improved food 2,500 pastoralists and Ongoing Red Resilience (Sool and security and agro -pastoralists Crescent project funded maroodijeex.) nutrition status households both Puntland Society by Iranian RC Puntland and Somaliand through IFRC (Galkaayo) German ECHO funded Somaliland Food security 28,810 households Ongoing Red Cross drought project (Maroodijeeh and Health and Finnish and Awdal Red Cross Regions) German Drought PNS Baligubadley, Unconditional 1,400 households Planned Red Cross, Consortium Sebawanag CTP for Norwegian and Salahley nutrition, water Red Cross, and very basic British Red necessities Cross and Finnish Red Cross

Partner National Societies (PNS) bilateral consortium This project will be implemented by SRCS, together with the Partner National Societies, namely German Red Cross, Norwegian Red Cross, British Red Cross and Finnish Red Cross. The PNS have formed a consortium through a jointly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The German Red Cross will be responsible, together with the SRCS on the financial management of the project. The participating PNS will deploy, as required, specialist staff on monitoring and evaluation of the project.

ICRC The ICRC’s multidisciplinary intervention with the Somali Red Crescent has been targeting drought-affected communities from the northern regions of Sool and Sanaag to the border with Kenya in the south. Activities range from food security (in-kind or cash) and nutrition (in south and central Somalia), to water provision and distribution (maintenance and repair of existing boreholes), and health (support to SRCS primary health care program in south and central Somalia, including prevention and response to drought-related epidemics). In the face of growing needs, the ICRC is also launching a budget extension targeting 1.5 million beneficiaries, while continuing to respond to conflict- related emergencies and with its regular programs focusing on resilience and livelihoods to address the long-term structural humanitarian needs generated by 25 years of protracted conflict.

Movement Coordination The IFRC, Partner National Societies(PNSs) and the ICRC are working in close collaboration through a Somalia Drought task force coordination weekly meetings that updates on the ongoing implementation of activities on the ground. This has enabled good working relations and prevented cases of overlap and duplications of interventions. It has also helped the movement partners to complement each other in areas they are not able to cover in terms of implementation.

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The PNSs that are operating in Somaliland, namely German, Norwegian, British and Finnish Red Cross have formed a consortium through a jointly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). They are currently working bilaterally with SRCS supporting CTP for nutrition, water and basic necessities.

The ICRC’s multidisciplinary intervention with the Somali Red Crescent has been targeting drought-affected communities from the northern regions of Sool and Sanaag to the border with Kenya in the south. Activities range from food security (in-kind or cash) and nutrition (in south and central Somalia), to water provision and distribution (maintenance and repair of existing boreholes), and health (support to SRCS primary health care program in south and central Somalia, including prevention and response to drought-related epidemics). In the face of growing needs, the ICRC is also launching a budget extension targeting 1.5 million beneficiaries, while continuing to respond to conflict- related emergencies and with its regular programs focusing on resilience and livelihoods to address the long-term structural humanitarian needs generated by 25 years of protracted conflict.

Overview of non-RCRC actors in country The Government Disaster Response arms such NERAD (Somaliland) and Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Agency (HADMA) in Puntland has overall coordination of all responses to disasters and emergencies in the respective zones. UNOCHA plays the coordination role through mapping of what different agencies are or plan to intervene. Other agencies implementing humanitarian activities related to the drought response under WASH (CARE International, SCI, DRC, ADESO, UNHCR, TASS, UNDP), Food and Nutrition/Cash transfer Programmes include (WFP, UNICEF, FAO IRC, SCI, NRC, CARE International, Concern Worldwide, ISLAMIC RELIEF, ADESO, ADRA, ACF, DRC, UNDP, TASS)

Puntland Non-Movement Partners Response Matrix

Agencies/ Sector(s) of Response Activities Type of Response Beneficiaries Partners Focus (bilateral/multilateral Targeted WFP Food Food distribution Bilateral 1,680HH in Security Qardho and WFP, UNICEF Food Food and Cash for Work Bilateral 77,352 and FAO Security beneficiaries living in Bari Nugaal, Mudug, Sool and Sanaag FAO Food Cash for work assistance phase 6b Bilateral 2,600 HHs Security in Puntland with partnership implementing partners namely ORDO, HOD, ORCD, and HI Vaccination and treatment of livestock. 1.5 million Livestock to be treated and 3 million more to be vaccinated. IRC Food Unconditional cash distribution in Bilateral 100 Fishermen Security Nugaal (Garowe and Dangorayo) and Bari-Karkaar(Qardho) and Sanaag(Dhahar) - 100 fishers provision fishing skills training and distribution fishing equipment in Bander-Beyla SCI Food Food for Peace: Electronic food Bilateral 2,066HH Sanaag, Security vouchers. Karkaar and Nugaal.

WVI Food - Food for work 376 HHs Bilateral 2,432HH Security - Food aid (food distribution 805 HHs. - Food for asset/work1251HHs CARE WASH Emergency Water Bilateral 2,132 HH Bari DRC WASH Distribution of 500 hygiene kits and Bilateral 2,380 HH, rehabilitation of boreholes Adisone, Yaka, Bargal and Sheerbi Karkaar region ADESO WASH Rehabilitations of 7 Berkeds, 8 Bilateral 6,5691HH Dhahar Shallow-wells, 1 Borehole repair, 1 P a g e | 5

pipeline system and installation of solar pumps for 6 Shallow -wells

Somaliland Non-Movement Partners Response Matrix

Agencies/Partners Sector(s) Response Type of Beneficiaries Targeted of Focus Activities Response (bilateral/ multilateral/ot her) NRC Food Unconditional cash Bilateral 3,882HHHs Lanciqiye, Masagan, Security transfer Haldhagan, Midhisho, Qarar, Carmale, Sibaayo

CARE International Food Cash for work Bilateral 965HH Booca, Ninkujoge, Ceel-cade, Security (CFW) and Fiqifuliye, Shurko, Raqas, Midhishi., Unconditional cash Calaaculay, Taxnan, Meermeer, Holhol, transfer (UCT) Dabaceriyaad, Xabow, Taxnan Meermeer. Concern Worldwide Food Food distribution Bilateral 900hhs Odweine Security CARE International WASH Water trucking, Bilateral 6,635HH Erigavo, Sanaag , Garadag Rehabilitation of wells and boreholes Mercy-USA Health HIV, TB, EPHS Bilateral 3,228HHs Togdheer, Ainabo, Odweine, Buhodle, Lasanod, Hudun HPA Health OTP & IYCF Bilateral 267,131 people Togdheer activities

Needs analysis, beneficiary selection, risk assessment and scenario planning

Immediate needs:

Somaliland

Code Clinic and type Funding Timeframe static, Allebaday static, Adaadlay static, Kenya IFRC/ Finnish Red Cross 2017 static, Elafwein (static and mobile), Hudun (static and mobile) Boroma mobile, Kenya mobile IFRC/ Finnish Red Cross Jan-May 2017 P a g e | 6

Lasadawo static, mobile IFRC/ Swedish Red Cross 2017 Hargeysa mobile IFRC/ Icelandic Red Cross 2017 mobile, Farawayne mobile, Baligubadle ECHO/ German RC/Finnish RC April 2016 - mobile March 2017 Ceerigavo 2 mobiles, Laas Caanod 2 mobiles IFRC drought appeal January – June 2017 Yagori static, Kulmiye static Qatar RC 2017-8 Dilla static, Odweyne static and mobile, Yagori No funding currently static, Kulmiye static

Puntland

Clinic and type Funding Timeframe Bari static (4) and mobile (2) clinics IFRC/ Swedish Red 2017 Cross 2 mobiles in Nugaal IFRC drought appeal Jan - June 2017 All (8) static clinics in Mudug IFRC/ Norwegian RC 2017 2 mobiles in Mudug OFRD/OPEC until August 2017 All (8) static clinics in Nugaal No funding currently

Health & care: According to data from the Ministry of Health led Joint Rapid Drought Assessment 8 - 13 February 2016 and the post raid assessment held on the 4 - 13 September 2016, led by UNOCHA, the common diseases in the areas affected by the drought are; diarrhoea, typhoid, malnutrition (severe and acute), pneumonia, acute respiratory infections and anaemia. Health officials also reported that there is an increase in skin infections which they attributed to water shortages. Health Centre officials at the Kalabeyr clinic in Gabiley (Somaliland) reported 2 deaths within the month in January 2016, one due to malnutrition (1-year-old child) and the other due to diarrhoea (9-year-old child). There is limited access to health services due to distances to health facilities as most communities had to walk between 5km to 15km to the nearest health facility. Most members of the community reported that they are unable to visit health facilities for vaccination due to the high costs of transportation. The Kalabeyr health centre provided vaccination services to patients who walk-in and not those within their 15km radius. Most children in these communities’ accessed polio vaccination services from the Ministry of Health and other agencies through ad-hoc outreach vaccination campaigns. Due to funding challenges, these outreach services are limited despite the huge need. The clinic reported they were only able to carry out 3 community outreach visits in 2015, with support from the Global Alliance of Vaccine Initiative (GAVI) and so far, none in 2016.

Records at the Kalabeyr Clinic showed an increase in cases of anaemia, with an average of 74 cases in adults and 17 in children. This analysis was obtained from data recorded between October 2015 - January 2016.

Provision of health services reached 78,990 people through the deployment of mobile clinics. However, the running of the mobile clinics ended by September 2016 as per the initial plan as the funding was minimal and activities under Food Security and WASH had to be prioritized. IFRC Somalia Country Office and the SRCS following the current needs due to the worsening drought situation on the ground is exploring possible ways to secure additional funding to support the same clinics for 4 months. Eid bonus will be considered and factored in during the revision. SRCS will re-activate 6 more mobile clinics which will come to a total of 12 mobile clinics and 12 static clinics so as to complement the mobile clinics efforts to ensure adequate coverage of health services in the hard to reach areas affected by the drought. In total the clinics to cover the Appeal health component are 24.

Reports from the SRCS shows that the above situation has worsened following the unfolding drought situation in Somalia and there is need to scale up the intervention especially with additional new areas stated in the proposed strategy.

Summary of the static and mobile clinics by all movement partners

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Zone Branch No. Static Target pop. No. Mobile Target pop Total Target Clinics clinics Population

Somaliland Awdal 2 16,000 1 15,900 31,900 (Boroma) 2 15,000 1 30,400 45,400 Berbera 2 18,000 1 15,500 33,500 Burao 2 23,000 1 17,000 40,000 Erigavo 2 20,000 2 29,800 49,800 2 18,000 2 27,700 45,700

Puntland Bosaso 4 18,000 2 31,250 49,250 Garowe 8 64,430 2 19,990 84,420 Galkayo 8 96,225 2 39,700 135,925 Total 32 288,655 14 227,240 515,895

Summary of the population reached in 2016

Number of mobile Target Population 2016 Attendance clinics Somaliland Sool 1 13,400 9,185 Sool 2 14,300 10,386 Sanaag 1 15,000 8,518 Sanaag 2 14,800 7,483 Togdheer 1 17,000 13,325 Puntland Garowe 1 19,990 11,214 (10months) Garowe 2 12,690 7,463(8months)

Mapping and Gaps Alongside movement partner and the SRCS the following clinics (mobile and static) will be implemented in order to best meet the identified new needs in health with an estimated 120,000 people. The static and mobile clinics to be covered under the Revised Emergency Appeal under the affected areas Zone Branch No. Static Clinics No. of Mobile clinics

Somaliland Sool 1 2

Sanaag 1 2 Togdheer 1 2

Sahil 0 1

Woqoyi Galbeed 0 1

Awdal 1 1

Puntland Garowe 8 3

Total 12 12

Health emergency issues exacerbated by the drought for which the clinics (mobile and static) seek to address:

Measles One of the largest outbreaks of measles reported in recent years was in Sahil region in late January 2017 to date and the most affected areas are Sheikh, Godaweyn and Berbera town. Currently 25 cases are admitted in Qorilugud health centre and all of them are over five years. There is also 18 cases in Coodale. A total of 57 measles cases has been reported in January 2017. 429 of under five children were vaccinated against P a g e | 8 measles in January. On 29 January 2017, the MOH regional health Office, SRCS, HPA and WHO had an emergency meeting in the regional health Office of Sahil region Berbera with an agenda to respond and coordinate the measles outbreak in the region to control the situation of the severe measles outbreak that was confirmed. A regional action plan was developed to reach entire region and to avoid duplication, SRCS was assigned to cover certain locations. SRCS will participate in the measles campaign according to the regional plan of action.

Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) The incidence of Diarrheal diseases is a high risk in IDPs settlements especially in the drought affected area of Somalia. This is among the diseases that contribute to morbidities and mortalities and in the community disease patterns in general as the second leading killer disease of children under five years of age throughout the region. In January 2017 cases reported from Bari- Bosasso district in Tawakal Village and it was controlled through urgent response. Within IDPs close to Garowe district Nugal region, AWD cases were reported in February 2017 (From 1 to 15 Feb 2017). The Emergency Appeal seeks to cover both Puntland and Somaliland. At this time information is available from Puntland and the response will take into consideration the information below

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Weekly AWD Cases and Deaths, Week 4-8, 2017 350

300 288 250

200 Total New Cases 150 Total Deaths

100

50 53 38 28 30 0 5 3 2 3 7 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8

Row Labels Total New Cases Total Deaths W4 53 5 W5 28 3 W6 30 2 W7 38 3 W8 288 7 Grand Total 437 20

Source: Ministry of Health, Puntland February 2017.

Water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion: The drought also resulted in the affected population having difficulties in accessing safe and clean water for consumption. The average distance to water sources based on FSNAU data was 48km. Most wells and berkeds (earth dams) have dried up, forcing communities to rely on purchase of water for household consumption and for livestock. The available water sources in most of these areas are still unprotected and not safe for household consumption.

During the last post assessment conducted by IFRC/SRCS (23 November to 1 December 2016) findings noted the communities being targeted by the SRCS water is available from water merchants and is costing an average USD 6 per barrel (200 litres) in Somaliland while the water prices in Puntland are determined by distances between the water source and the community i.e. USD 4 for nearby and USD 7 for locations furthest from the water sources. There are however coordination mechanisms in the two regions, one led by the Government and another by UN-OCHA and as part of their coordination role share data on what other agencies are doing as well as price monitoring reports. The data for shared by the clusters particularly the WASH cluster will help determine the cost of water for every month. Other implementing partners are providing a maximum of 7 barrels (1,400 litres of water) per household. The main advantages of water vouchers are that SRCS will be able to track the number of people redeeming vouchers for water as well as ensuring the quality of water being supplied to the targeted communities. UNICEF and other agencies are using the water voucher model. However, IFRC/SRCS will use a cost-effective method, unconditional CTP, to meet the needs of the most affected population. The administrative costs of using cash transfers are relatively lower than vouchers in addition to the fact that the targeted beneficiaries are already registered. The restricted cash for water programme will be sourced at USD 6 per barrel (200 litres). The Somalia minimum household of 6 persons following the rapid assessment conducted in February 2016 will guide the process. However, the sphere minimum standards for a household is 5. The system will target the same 900households receiving food assistance. This will be conducted for 4 months.

One of the biggest challenges that communities in Somaliland and Puntland are facing is access to safe and clean water for household and livestock consumption. Most households are purchasing water for consumption at relatively high cost. The SRCS will therefore through the operation support communities through the rehabilitation of water points (boreholes and berkeds) as part of sustainability, provision of fuel subsidies and distribution of water filters as well as provide water treatment to ensure that households have access to safe and clean water. Volunteers will also receive P a g e | 10 refresher trainings in Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST methodology) and disseminate the information to households.

To ensure all the needs of the households are met the IFRC/SRCS will Somalia acute food security situation overview increase the cash transfer to enable the (Most likely scenario February-June 2017) targeted households be able to meet their water needs. The rationale for giving targeted households the cash is since communities in Somalia have always been buying water limiting the risk that the cash will be diverted for other uses. A monitoring system will however be put in place to monitor water quality, price as well as how much of the value transferred the beneficiaries are using for water as well as the trends in water price per barrel to ensure that the assistance meets the minimum sphere standards. Continuous sensitization will also be required to ensure beneficiaries are clear on the purpose of the cash assistance. A revision will be carried to reduce the amount of water filters to 2,000 and increase the number of aqua tabs by 1.2 million tablets to ensure good water quality, this meets what is available for water in the market despite being below the minimum sphere standards of by 0.8L less. Volunteers will demonstrate and distributed the use of the water treatment.

Food security, Nutrition, and Livelihoods: As a consequence of a much below average rainfall in the Deyr season (October-December 2016), and repeated poor rainfall in the last 3 years, Somalia has faced recurrent near total crop failures which almost completely eroded coping mechanisms. While staple food prices are on the rise across the country, shortage of water and pasture adversely impact pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods with significant increase of livestock death and sharp decrease of Source: IPC/FSNAU livestock prices. Other coping mechanisms such as rural employment are almost inexistent. As the food security situation is strongly deteriorating and becoming alarming in Somalia, urgent humanitarian assistance is needed.

A recent survey from Food Security and Nutrition Analyse Unit (FSNAU) 5 carried out in the end of 2016, revealed that over 6.2 million people across Somalia need assistance based on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), with nearly 3 million people face crisis and emergency acute food insecurity (IPC Phases 3 and 4) and more than 3.3 million people classified as Stressed (IPC Phase 2).

Somalia has also one of the worst infant and young child feeding and micro-nutrient indicators in the world and counts over 363 000 acutely malnourished children in need of urgent treatment and nutrition support, including 71,000 who are severely malnourished and are risk of death if not treated.

With a high risk of (i) poor 2017 Gu (April-June) rainy season, (ii) purchasing power decline to levels seen in 2010/2011, and (iii) humanitarian assistance is unable to reach populations in need, Famine (IPC Phase 5) is likely scenario.

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In this context, scaling up lifesaving humanitarian assistance urgently and providing livelihood protection support are equally important in slowing the tide of drought/hunger related displacement. Livelihood protection and support is needed for over 3.3 million people in acute food security Stress (IPC Phase 2).6

The findings from the joint IFRC and SRCS Rapid Assessment conducted from 23 - 28 February 20167 showed that households were using negative coping mechanisms such as reduction of number of meals consumed. 80% of the households reported that they were then consuming 2 meals per day down from 3 square meals and a snack (for children). The meals being consumed lacked dietary diversity, while the households which used to consume meals constituting sorghum/maize meal, beans, vegetables, and milk from their own harvest while currently most households report that they were consuming pasta and rice purchased from the market. The market has been functional with most commodities available and this is attributed to the strong trade linkages between Somaliland and the Gulf countries.

There is no new assessment other than the post assessment conducted by IFRC/SRCS (23 November - 1 December 2016). According to FEWSNET market analysis8, while “prices of imported food (rice, sugar, vegetable oil, wheat flour) mostly exhibited relative stability or mild monthly changes (+/-10%) in local currency terms (…) local grain prices either remained relatively stable or changed at mild rates in central and northern regions while southern regions recorded mild to moderate increases month-on-month in both December 2016 and January 2017”. However, the decline in cereal supply due to the poor harvest in the Deyr 2016 resulted in increases in local grain prices (based on Year-on-year comparison).

The common problem is that communities have a low purchasing power meaning the cash distributions received provide less reach than previously. The appeal does not request more funding to cover this, but rather the appeal reallocated funds in this revision to continue to meet minimum needs. SRCS/IFRC proposed an initial cash transfer value of CHF 105 per household per month which had been calculated based on the market price of food basket using Somalia minimum household of 6 persons following the rapid assessment conducted in February 2016. However, the sphere minimum standards for a household is 5. The Food Basket has 25kg Maize, 25 kg flour, 3 litres vegetable oil, 25 kg Sugar and 25 kg pulses. This will be maintained and used during the planned Emergency APPEAL extension.

As part of the revision of the current Appeal, IFRC/SRC will provide the nutritional supplements (plumpy nuts and plumpy sup) to complement the supplies from UNICEF and WFP respectively. This will further enhance the care package of malnourished children for needs recognised in the recent FEWSNET analysis above from February 2017 to be covered by the clinics (mobile and static).

Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI) The drought situation has affected food, water and pasture for animals forcing people to migrate in search of water and food for their use and for their livestock. The water and pasture shortage have caused deaths of livestock in large numbers and disease outbreaks. There is distress of thousands migrating towards urban areas increasing significantly, due to loss of livelihoods, severe pasture distress for pastoralists, the drying up of key rivers, and the ongoing dry season.

Beneficiary selection: In total, the Emergency APPEAL targeted an initial 78,990 beneficiaries in Somaliland and in Puntland who are being affected by the drought. This number due to the worsening situation has increased to 150,000 beneficiaries to cater for the needs of the affected community. The selection of beneficiaries was based on their level of vulnerability, including households that have lost their source of livelihood (loss of crops and animals), the chronically ill, elderly, female-headed households, lactating mothers and under-5 children (malnourished), pregnant women, and/or people with disabilities. The SRCS has been working closely with the government, stakeholders and other agencies to ensure that there will be no duplication of interventions of activities.

The selection process was participatory. This included conducting community meetings to set up beneficiary selection committees that assisted to define vulnerability and identify the beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment Somaliland and Puntland have in the past had security issues that have restricted field access by international staff at one time or the other but it is not anticipated that these will hamper the smooth implementation of the operation. The National Society has been able to operate during the drought response since the launch of the Appeal and will be able to operate and has on-going operations in Somaliland and Puntland where they are running the integrated health care programme comprising static and mobile clinics that cater for the settled, remote and nomadic communities. Therefore, the National Society has unlimited access and extensive experience in implementing projects in the targeted areas. During implementation of this appeal IFRC will continue to work closely with NS and Movement partners in security related matters. The IFRC has a Security Advisor who will to work closely with Somalia Country Office in monitoring the security situation and guidance on how the operation will be implemented. The IFRC Staff will be guided by regular

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B. Operational strategy and plan

Overall objective The overall objective is to assist 150,000 people from an initial 78,990 people to meet their basic humanitarian needs focusing on health, nutrition, livelihoods and access to safe water for the drought affected population in six regions of Somaliland (Toghdheer, Hargeisa, Sahil, Sool and Sanaag), and two regions of Puntland (Bari, and Nugal).

This in coordination with both Movement partners and non-Movement partners to ensure there is no duplication of efforts and a clear demarcation of operational areas.

The immediate access to health services will be provided through mobile clinics. The food needs of the targeted population will be met through provision of food and water assistance using Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) based on availability of funds. Safe and clean water will be provided through rehabilitation of water points (boreholes and berkeds [1]) available in the proximity of the beneficiaries including sensitization of beneficiaries on water treatment and usage. Capacity strengthening of the SRCS will be carried out to ensure the proposed activities are carried out effectively.

The strategy focuses mainly on addressing the priority needs and areas of interventions identified by the IFRC:

1. Reduce the health risks of the affected populations in six regions of Somaliland (Woqoyi Galbeed, Toghdheer, Awdal, Sahil, Sool and Sanaag), and two regions of Puntland (Bari, and Nugal) through outreach of mobile and static clinics (with a particular focus on pregnant women, lactating mothers and under five malnourished and severely malnourished children). 2. Prevent risk of waterborne and water related diseases in targeted communities in six regions of Somaliland (Woqoyi Galbeed, Toghdheer, Awdal, Sahil, Sool and Sanaag), and two regions of Puntland (Bari, and Nugal) through rehabilitation of water points (borehole and berkeds) and sensitization of beneficiaries on water treatment and usage. 3. Meet immediate household needs of target population through unconditional cash transfer food and restricted CTP for water programming in two regions in Somaliland ( Sool and Sanaag), and two regions of Puntland (Bari, and Nugal).

Proposed strategy The proposed strategy aims to support an initial 57,500 beneficiaries to 100,000 in Somaliland and 21,490 to 50,000 beneficiaries in Puntland with immediate interventions (household food needs, access basic health services and clean and safe water for household consumption). This was increased to meet 2.4 percent of the total population affected in the country. As per the agreed strategy, the following activities were prioritized within this Emergency Appeal operation

1. Initial Proposed Interventions:

Activity Targeted Food assistance through mobile money transfers 900 for 3 months Provision of health services to people through the 78,990 for 6 months deployment of mobile clinics Nutrition screening for children under five, treatment and 15,798 for 6 months referrals of complicated cases. Provision of clean and safe water for consumption through 12 boreholes and 12 berkeds (both Somaliland rehabilitation of water points and Puntland) and 6,000 ceramic water filters. Provision of fuel subsidy 10 boreholes and Health and hygiene promotion through training 120 volunteers for both Somaliland and Puntland.

2. Achieved activities The below highlights activities completed to date. Food security and Nutrition - Nutrition screening of 15,798 was carried out and referrals for severely malnourished for therapeutic feeding was done through the mobile clinics. 2 rounds of CTP again the 3 planned. Health P a g e | 13

- Provision of health services 78,990 people through the deployment of 6 mobile clinics (4 Somaliland-2 in Sool 2 in Sanaag/2 In Puntland-Garowe). - However, the running of the mobile clinics ended by September 2016 as per the initial plan as the funding was minimal and activities under Food Security and WASH had to be prioritized. WASH - 120 Volunteers were trained on PHAST. - SRCS Garowe Branch rehabilitated three community water reservoirs (Berkeds) in the areas of Tuulo-Ooman, Birta-Dheer and Kalabayr, under Garowe district in Nugal region, although one in Kalabayr is not yet completed but will be completed by mid-December 2016, by SRCS-Garowe Branch this was done to improve water accessibility of both livestock and people under the drought. 6 barkeds (3 Sool and 3 sanaag) have been completed and rehabilitated, 2 are under-rehabilitation which totals to 8 barkeds. SRCS Bosaso branch rehabilitated the following Barkets Kodmo, Guudcad. - Adisone, Jidhan approximately, 4,600 people have benefited the through this rehabilitation. However, the amount of water filters procured were 1078 against a targeted total of 6000 for Somaliland and 714 aqua tabs instead of the planned 900 for Puntland (following past experiences of water filters being fragile) due to limited funding. Continuous one-on-one communication on hygiene promotion and hygiene education targeting 78,990 people for improved hygiene awareness is being conducted by the SRCS volunteers and staff.

3. Revised/Planned Activities Health: - Togdheer, Awdal, Sahil and Woqoyi Galbeed will be considered as new areas to be covered by the clinics (static and mobile), therefore the number of active mobile clinics will increase from the initial 6 to 12. In addition,12 Static clinics will be supported in this revised Appeal to complement the efforts of the additional mobile clinics. This covers approximately 80% of the 150,000 people affected within the 10-month period. - Priority focus of the clinics will be to monitor and support the target population of the mother and child nutrition component. This includes 4% of total population assumed to be pregnant and 20% of population assumed to be less than 5 years (as per UNICEF guidelines). This will be coupled with the support of general health of the affected community.

Food Security and Nutrition and longer-term resilience building: - An additional 4 months’ cash distribution for 900 HH (other movement partners and ICRC are complementing the rest of the population to be reached by CTP) will be considered during the extension to cover the same number of households as the initial plan. This covers the most vulnerable population. However, the SRCS is continuously revising the needs of the affected population on a monthly basis and the affected population may change as a result. However, the based on the results of the actual needs assessment beneficiaries might be slightly different from the initially supported ones. This is based on projected funding though if the funding increases additional months will be considered. In the event that the population targeted is revised, new mobile phone handsets will be distributed to those who had not previously received a device during earlier distribution.

Shelter and NFIs: - Local procurement and transport for distribution (Target: 15,000 blankets, 11,000 plastic sheets, 10,000 sleeping mats) - Distribution of non-food items (NFIs15,000 blankets, 11,000 plastic sheets, 10,000 sleeping mats) and emergency shelter items undertaken to meet the needs of the target population in the drought areas (Target: 6,000HH) is yet to be done, this will be dependent and prioritized upon availability of donor funding as it is a new sector.

WASH: - The total target for WASH will be 22,900 HH in the revised Appeal and is divided as per the below activities: - Based on monitoring visit in November - December 2016 and the recent feedback form the SRCS there is emergency need in the target areas for water for both human and animal use. Therefore, the unconditional cash transfer programming (CTP) of CHF 36 to address the needs of 900 households for 4 months has been added to the revised Appeal activities. - In order to treat and prevent waterborne diseases, procurement and distribution of additional water treatment to cover 20,000 households for 10 months. - Based on the priority needs and operational constraints, the procurement and distribution of ceramic water filters will be revised from 6,000 to cover the needs of 2000 households. - There is need for procurement and distribution of 20L water jerry cans to support the households in need of water storage, the target will be 20,000 households.

Sustainable options will be identified and explored as long-term measures for the drought response. It will be agreed with the various partners under the Drought task force working group that the role of the SRCS in collaboration with the partners is to meet the immediate needs and fill gaps while going through the process of receiving funds for more sustainable support to the drought affected communities. P a g e | 14

Operational support services

Human resources The Emergency Appeal will continue to involve one hundred and twenty (120) volunteers in Somaliland and Puntland to support the implementation of the drought response activities below for 10 months. Local level volunteers will support the operation during the period of 10 months for specified activities while, at every given day we shall need around 40 volunteers, each mobile clinic is staffed by: a nurse, a midwife and auxiliary nurse and a driver. In addition to the above the staff named also receive a hardship incentive per month. Each mobile clinic also has 2 volunteer mobilizers. The operation will have 3 SRCS Disaster Management National Staff (1 for Somaliland and 2 for Puntland considering the coverage). 2 rounds of Eid bonus will be budgeted for.

Four technical staff from the IFRC Somalia country office IFRC (Disaster Management, Health, Finance and Procurement/Logistics) will support the National Society with the implementation of the operation. A Puntland Police Special Protection Unit (SPU) security guard will be recruited to oversee the monitoring visits – refer to “Security” section.

Logistics and supply chain International procurement support will be provided for the purchase of items and will ensure quality of the items that will be procured shipped to the targeted branches in Puntland and Somaliland. Both Local and International Procurement will be carried out in accordance with the IFRC standard procurement procedures. Due to the remoteness of the affected areas, and the rough terrain, there is need to budget for the National Society both fuel and rental of vehicles locally (activation of mobile clinics) for the duration of the operation. OPD kits will be procured through IFRC Geneva. The SRCS will be supported to source nutritional supplement international by the help of the IFRC Somali Country office procurement and logistic staff. Other items like aqua tabs and NFIS etc. will be sourced locally in line with the IFRC guidelines. The SRCS has Warehouses in the Branches and Coordination office, items procured are stored in them and transported to various locations when there is need.

Information technologies (IT) Since Cash Transfer Program will be part of the intervention, there was need to purchase mobile phones for the targeted beneficiaries. Selection will be based on a basic mobile phone that is mobile money transfer operational. Airtime costs for staff and volunteers will be budgeted for to ensure they are able to communicate while in the areas of implementation carrying out the interventions.

Community engagement and accountability Taking into account gender and diversity sensitive needs as well as other needs of affected communities across the targeted areas, measures will be put in place to enhance community communication, participation and improve programme accountability to communities. The National Society will use appropriate communication channels to disseminate key actionable and reliable information and strengthen participation through community engagement and communications systems to address: whether assistance is appropriate and contextualized, and to engage communities in design of early recovery assistance. These communication channels will utilize existing cultural and traditional systems and processes, such as radio, participatory activities and other innovative means such as mobile phone technology to capture feedback from beneficiaries to be linked to respective programme sectors for analysis and follow up. IFRC will initiate and support the discussion with the National Society on how best to mobilize community engagement and accountability within the relief and early recovery activities.

Community engagement and accountability approaches will be implemented through context-specific channels, group discussions and face-to-face discussions. A complaints and response mechanism (CRM) will be designed, which might include feedback desks at the distribution sites, provisioning complaints box or opening hotline services, will be employed for communities to raise valid concerns and receive a response about the quality of aid. In addition to developing information, education and communication (IEC) materials, a FAQ for staff and volunteers will be prepared and disseminated.

There is already on going community engagement through the community health representatives. The community committees link SRCS with the communities. The religious leaders, community elders and groups like women groups and help in delivery of all health emergency services by mobilizing fast responders and the mobile community.

Communications The Somali Red Crescent Society, in collaboration with the IFRC Somalia country representation, and with support from IFRC Africa Region Communications unit, aims to coordinate various awareness and publicity activities, to sensitize the public, media and donors on the situation on the ground and the humanitarian response.

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• Produce timely information bulletins, facts and figures, key messages etc. and share with relevant stakeholders, including beneficiaries and partners supporting the operation • In collaboration with programmes, work on advocacy message to address the different issues linked to the current conflict (health, food security, GBV, etc.) • News releases, fact sheets, videos, photographs and qualified spokespeople contacts are immediately developed and made available to media and key stakeholders. When security allows, facilitate media field trips to affected areas to create awareness • Produce IEC materials on awareness. • Maintain a social media presence throughout the operation utilizing IFRC sites such as Facebook and Twitter • Support the Appeal and other major milestones throughout the operation using people-centred, community level diverse content, including web stories, blogs, video footage and photos with extended captions. Share any communications material created through this appeal with IFRC and ICRC for use on various communications channels including the IFRC Africa web page, www.ifrc.org/africa • Build the communications capacity of the NS communication team through training and appropriate equipment, if needed (photo and video camera) • As security, might reduce the possibility of doing a field visit, training should be organized for the technical IFRC/SRCS team or other colleagues so they can collect material (photos, quotes) as they go to the field.

Security The security situation in the country remains unpredictable and volatile, and in some areas the security risk is extreme. The fluid security situation is of great concern for the humanitarian organizations, especially in Puntland. Over the past years, armed security guards from the Special Protection Unit (SPU) have been hired to escort non-Somali staff traveling on mission to Puntland and Somaliland or working outside the main city limits. However, in Bosaso town, armed security escort is required always. Hiring of armed security escorts from Puntland SPU is mandatory for all organizations operating in Puntland. The SRCS national staff and volunteers are not required to use armed escort from the SPU, however, in case of security changes need may arise for National Society staff and volunteers, to have armed escort during interventions. The IFRC Somalia Country Office will continue to provide regular security briefings that indicate the level of security and measures to be taken for prevention and mitigation in case the situation deteriorates.

The IFRC has a Security Advisor who has been supporting and working closely with the IFRC Somalia Country Office through the monitoring of the security situation and guidance on how the operation is being implemented. The IFRC Staff will continue to seek security clearance from the IFRC Security Advisor before undertaking any field missions to Somaliland or Puntland. Furthermore, IFRC and SRCS staff involved in implementing the programme are recommended to take the HIT Training. The staff as well as volunteers working directly with the operation have undertaken `Safer Access` and the `Do no Harm` concept training when the operation was initiated

Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, & Reporting (PMER) The IFRC PMER Unit with the IFRC Somalia Country Office technical team will develop the Monitoring and Evaluation calendar and tools to be able to monitor regularly the project. All reports from the field will be submitted by the SRCS disaster management and health technical team. Reports to IFRC will be submitted as per the MoU agreement. Continuous monitoring will be carried out through the SRCS staff members in the areas of implementation (within the 10 months) to support the drought intervention, and will ensure that there is compliance with the minimum international humanitarian standards (SPHERE, Fundamental Principles etc.), as well as beneficiary satisfaction, and the management of the available resources. The IFRC Somalia Country Office will also carry out monitoring missions in collaboration with the SRCS to support the effective implementation of the project. A final evaluation will be conducted before the Operation ends in August 2017 to strengthen the quality of implementation and improve outcomes by finding out “what has worked” and “what did not work”, to showcase the effectiveness of the operation to the community and funders, to increase the operations capacity to conduct a critical self-assessment and plan for the future and to build on knowledge. Depending on the availability of funds and priority of needs, regular perception surveys and feedback mechanisms will be gathered through community engagement activities and utilized as part of the regular programme monitoring. In addition, a comprehensive beneficiary satisfaction survey will be conducted in the final months of this operation to evaluate the quality of recovery assistance provided to targeted communities.

Administration and Finance A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the IFRC Somalia Country Office and the SRCS in 2016, a revision of the MoU is underway to cover the new figures for the beneficiaries and the total amount, which outlines the parties’ responsibilities to implement the activities planned within the Emergency Appeal, and ensure that the appropriate guidelines are complied with in terms of the use of the funding allocations. The SRCS has a permanent administrative and financial department, which has within the operation ensured the proper use of financial resources in accordance with terms of the MoU. Monthly field returns have been sent to the IFRC Somalia County Office for verification and booking to ensure that the activities are reported in accordance with the IFRC Standard Financial Management procedures. Office costs for stationery (printing, photocopying, paper etc.) have been budgeted for in the Emergency Appeal. P a g e | 16

C. DETAILED OPERATIONAL PLAN

Health Needs analysis: SRCS seeks to work with 12 mobile clinics and 12 static clinics as well as stocking up the operational mobile clinics in 8 regions to ensure adequate coverage of health services in the hard to reach areas affected by the drought.

Population to be assisted: The immediate to mid- term health and nutrition needs of 120,000 drought affected communities are met.

Outcome 1: The immediate risks to the health of affected populations are reduced. Output 1.1: Community -based disease prevention and health promotion measures provided with focus on risk communication and community engagement activities in relation to the main health threats and epidemics Activities planned Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Community health promotion sessions (house to house, schools & community gatherings). Production of IEC materials in relation to Health awareness Conduct Community education on behaviour change integrated with hygiene promotion activities. Community mortality surveillance is carried out and reported in the Health Information system. Output 1.2: Severe Acute Malnutrition is addressed in the target population

Activities planned Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Screening under 5 children for malnutrition OTP services for the malnourished children Conduct defaulter tracing Hospital referrals to children with severe malnutrition complications. Conduct sessions for exclusive breastfeeding and nutrition counselling with involvement of mother to mother support groups. Output 1.3 Increased access to primary health care services through the mobile clinics

Activities planned Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Provide immunization services to children under 5 years Provide children under 5 with Vitamin A, Zinc and de- worming. P a g e | 17

Provide anti-natal services including tetanus toxoid vaccine to pregnant and women and child bearing age Provide micronutrients to pregnant and lactating mothers Offer post-natal services to mothers Treatment of minor illnesses to the target community SRCS volunteers conduct community health promotion sessions. Procurement and distribution of medical supplies (240 OPD kits) and nutrition supplements (2500)

Water, sanitation and hygiene Needs analysis: One of the biggest challenges that the communities in Somaliland and Puntland are facing is access to safe and clean water for household and livestock consumption SRCS seeks to give access to safe and clean water for consumption, through the rehabilitation of wells, berkeds and distribution of water filters. Volunteers will be trained in PHAST methodology.

Population to be assisted: 22,900 drought affected communities are met.

Outcome 2: Immediate reduction in risk of waterborne and water related diseases in targeted communities.

Output 2.1: Daily access to safe water which meets Sphere and WHO standards in terms of quantity and quality is provided to target population

Activities planned Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Provide fuel for 10 borehole generators Rehabilitate 12 water points (boreholes/berkeds) Carry out regular water quality monitoring for quality assurance. Conduct routine and scheduled system maintenance for boreholes and berkeds Restricted cash grants of CHF 36 for purchasing of water for drinking and domestic use both for human and animal” targeting 900 households for four months Procurement and Distribution of water treatment / aqua/pur tabs targeting 20,000 HH (120,000 beneficiaries) Procurement and Distribution of 20,000 water jerry cans Procurement and distribution of 2,000 ceramic water filters Output 2.2: Hygiene promotion activities which meet Sphere standards in terms of the identification and use of hygiene items provided to target population.

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Refresher training for 120 volunteers on PHAST methodology Conduct one-on-one WASH communication targeting 22,900 people for improved hygiene and sanitation awareness Production of IEC in relation to WASH

Livelihoods; Nutrition; Food security

Needs analysis: FSNAU reports that 2.9 million people face crisis and emergency acute food insecurity (IPC Phases 3 and are in dire need of food assistance. SRCS through this operation will provide cash through mobile money transfers to enable 900 households to meet their monthly food needs. The transfer value has been calculated based on the average cost of the food basket for a household of 6 which meets the 2100kcal per day.

Population to be assisted: 900 households (5,400 beneficiaries) supported with cash transfers for 3 months

Outcome 3: Immediate food needs of the disaster affected population are met

Output 3.1: Cash transfers are provided to 900 households (5,400 beneficiaries) to purchase food

Activities planned Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Revisit the design of beneficiary selection tools Revisit the source for mobile money service providers through tender Revise if necessary and sign MoU and contracts with mobile phone service provider. Refresher train volunteers on beneficiary selection Use Beneficiary selection and registration on new beneficiaries Beneficiary refresher/training on the use of mobile money transfer system Prepare monthly mobile phone cash transfer. Inform community on cash distribution Unconditional Cash transfers of CHF105 to 900 households for 4 months Monthly post distribution monitoring Price and market capacity monitoring Outcome 4: Critical nutritional status of the targeted community is improved

Output 4.1: Sufficient nutritious food accessed by children under 5 in vulnerable households/communities

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Nutrition screening Procurement of nutritional supplements Supplementary feeding to moderately malnourished children under 5 Volunteer training in food preparation and utilization Cascading of training on food preparation and utilization Monitoring of nutritional indicators

Output 4.2: Screening and referrals for acute malnutrition carried out for children under age 5

Activities planned Week / Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Nutrition screening Referral of severely malnourished children for therapeutic feeding

Shelter (including Household non-food items)

Needs analysis: Following the massive movement of people during the post assessment carries out by IFRC/SRCS (23 November - 1 December 2016), because of displacement there is also the need of immediate/emergency non-food items such as blankets, mats, plastic sheets, jerry cans.

Population to be assisted: 6,000HH drought affected communities supported.

Outcome 5: Immediate shelter and settlement needs of the drought affected population in Somaliland and Puntland are met

Output 5.1 Distribution of Non-Food Items (NFIs) and emergency shelter items undertaken to meet the needs of the target population in the drought areas (Target: 6,000HH) Activities planned Week / Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Identification/registration of beneficiaries for distribution of NFIs. Mobilization of 120 volunteers to carry out NFI distributions Distribution of NFIs to 6,000HH Local procurement and transport for distribution (Target: 15,000 blankets, 11,000 plastic sheets, 10,000 sleeping mats)

Quality programming / Areas common to all sectors

Outcome 6: Continuous and detailed assessment and analysis is used to inform the design and implementation of the operation

Output 6.1: Initial needs assessment are updated following consultation with beneficiaries Activities planned Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 P a g e | 20

Mobilization of staff and volunteers to carry out rapid needs assessment. Analyse and consolidate assessment data from the field and maintain constant liaison with SRCS staff and volunteers in the field. Continuous needs assessment Revise Emergency Plan of Action based on ongoing implementation and ongoing assessment Start-up meeting Coordination with relevant departments of the SRCS and IFRC. Comprehensive beneficiary perceptions and satisfaction survey Outcome 7: The management of the operation is informed by a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system

Output 7.1: Monitoring information informs revisions of plan of action where appropriate

Activities planned Week / Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Continuous monitoring of the activities implementation by SRCS. Periodic monitoring by IFRC technical support team. Refresher train SRCS/IFRC staff and 120 volunteers on Stay safe and High Insecurity Training Output 6.2.2: The findings of evaluations lead to adjustments in on-going plans and future planning as appropriate Activities planned Week / Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 End of implementation evaluation or review.

Budget The budget has been revised to CHF 3,308,035 to cover 150,000 households following the unfolding worsening drought situation.

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Contact Information For further information, specifically related to this operation please contact:

In the National Society • Somali Red Crescent Society coordination office: Mr. Yusuf Hassan Mohamed., President SRCS; email: [email protected] mobile phone +254 722 144284

In the IFRC regional office for Africa • William Babumba, Head of Country Office, email [email protected] phone: +254 20 2835 132.

• Farid Aiywar, Head of Disaster Crisis Prevention, Response and Recovery Department, Nairobi, Kenya; phone +254 731 067 489; email: [email protected]

• Regional Logistics Unit (RLU): Rishi Ramrakha, Head of Africa Region logistics unit; Tel: +254 733 888 022/ Fax +254 20 271 2777; email: [email protected]

• In IFRC Geneva: Cristina Estrada, Lead, Response and Recovery Unit, email: [email protected]

For Resource Mobilization and Pledges: • In the IFRC regional office for Africa: Fidelis Kangethe, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Coordinator; Nairobi; phone: +254 731 984117; email: [email protected]

Please send all pledges for funding to [email protected]

For Performance and Accountability (planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting) • In the IFRC regional office for Africa: Beatrice Okeyo, Acting PMER Coordinator, Tel: +254 732 412 200; Email: [email protected]

How we work All IFRC assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief and the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response (Sphere) in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable. The IFRC’s vision is to inspire, encourage, facilitate and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies, with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering, and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.

EMERGENCY APPEAL OPERATION 16/03/2017 MDRSO005 Somalia : Drought

Multilateral Response Budget CHF Budget Group

Food 118,500 118,500 Seeds & Plants 0 0 Water, Sanitation & Hygiene 628,800 628,800 Medical & First Aid 133,380 133,380 Teaching Materials 0 0 Utensils & Tools 0 0 Other Supplies & Services 274,000 274,000 Emergency Response Units 0 0 Cash Disbursements 507,600 507,600 Total RELIEF ITEMS, CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPLIES 1,917,280 1,917,280

Land & Buildings 0 0 Vehicles Purchase 0 0 Computer & Telecom Equipment 0 0 Office/Household Furniture & Equipment 0 0 Medical Equipment 0 0 Other Machinery & Equipment 0 0 Total LAND, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT 0 0

Storage, Warehousing 0 0 Distribution & Monitoring 37,440 37,440 Transport & Vehicle Costs 90,600 90,600 Logistics Services 0 0 Total LOGISTICS, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE 128,040 128,040

International Staff 0 0 National Staff 107,348 107,348 National Society Staff 389,128 389,128 Volunteers 207,060 207,060 Total PERSONNEL 703,536 703,536

Consultants 0 0 Professional Fees 0 0 Total CONSULTANTS & PROFESSIONAL FEES 0 0

Workshops & Training 225,780 225,780 Total WORKSHOP & TRAINING 225,780 225,780

Travel 20,000 20,000 Information & Public Relations 16,000 16,000 Office Costs 32,700 32,700 Communications 15,000 15,000 Financial Charges 47,800 47,800 Other General Expenses 0 0 Shared Support Services Total GENERAL EXPENDITURES 131,500 131,500

Programme and Supplementary Services Recovery 201,899 201,899 Total INDIRECT COSTS 201,899 201,899

TOTAL BUDGET 3,308,035 3,308,035

Available Resources Multilateral Contributions 694,761 694,761 Bilateral Contributions 0 TOTAL AVAILABLE RESOURCES 694,761 694,761

NET EMERGENCY APPEAL NEEDS 2,613,274 2,613,274 Glide Number: DR-2015-000134-SOM 6 March 2017 Somalia: Drought

Bari, Nugaal, Sool and Sanaag Zeila Clinic Sahil WASH Awdal Clinic 1 Kulmiye Clinic 22,900 households

Sahil Clinic CTP (Food Security) Ufeyn Clinic 900 households Ceerigavo Clinic Awdal Clinic 2 Lasadawo Clinic Iskushuban Clinic NFIs 6,000 households Adaadlay Clinic Elafwein Clinic Waciye Clinic Dilla Clinic Kenya Clinic Hargeysa Clinic Allebaday Clinic Rako Clinic Hudun Clinic Odweyne Clinic Yagori Clinic Somaliland and Puntland Dangoranyo Clinic Sunajiif Clinic Health Laas Caanod Clinic Kalabeydh Clinic Qarhis Clinic 120,000 people

Eyl Clinic

Jalam Clinic Hasbahle Clinic Godobjiran Clinic Harfo Clinic Ba’adweyn Clinic Jariban Clinic Galdogob Clinic Balibusie Clinic Halaboqad Clinic Galkayo Clinic Legend (Health) Funded via Emergency Appeal Static Clinic Mobile Clinic

Wisil Clinic Funded via Partner RCRC organizations Static Clinic Mobile Clinic

The maps used do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or National Societies concerning the legal status of a territory or of its authorities. MAP DATA SOURCES: GADM, IFRC