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Highlights Situation Overview Somalia: Drought response Situation Report No. 12 (as of 13 June 2017) This report is produced by OCHA Somalia in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 6 to 12 June 2017. Highlights According to the FAO-managed Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM), the significant reduction of rainfall across Somalia during the week starting 4 June is a possible indicator of the end of the Gu rainy season. New AWD/Cholera cases continued to be reported in Wadajir district, Banadir region, Luuq in Gedo region, Dhuusamarreeb in Galgadud region, Baidoa in Bay region and Buhodle Ayn in Puntland. Overall, some 51,036 AWD/cholera cases and 782 related deaths have been reported in 2017. Education cluster partners have supported 50 per cent of the 250,000 children targeted in 2017. Nearly 40 per cent of the people displaced by drought since November 2016, are children. A delegation led by the African Union and the United Nations concluded a five-day visit to the Horn of Africa on 13 June, after visiting drought-affected communities in Ethiopia and Somalia. The mission included representatives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the African Development Bank, the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the World Bank. 6.7 m 739,000 9,813 286,000 51,036 $765m People in need. People displaced by Reported cases of Number of children Reported cases of Total reported 3.2 m in IPC drought since November measles in 2017 assisted by the AWD/cholera in humanitarian Phase 3 and 4 2016 education cluster in 2017 (782 deaths) funding in 2017 2017 (HRP+ non-HRP funding) Situation Overview Following a significant reduction of rainfall across Somalia during the week starting 4 June, the FAO -managed SWALIM predict a possible end of the Gu rainfall season. Water levels in the Juba and Shabelle rivers have been decreasing gradually, and there is no foreseen risk of flooding along the two rivers. Little or no rains are expected during the week starting 11 June. The rains have resulted in regeneration of pasture and increased water availability in some areas. While the Gu rainfall season has brought some relief, unsafe water sources are now expected to lead to an increase in AWD/cholera cases. The Ministry of Health (MoH) Somalia has reported 2,429 AWD/ Cholera cases and 19 deaths for the period 5 to 11 June 2017. Of these, 460 cases (19 per cent of the total cases) were reported from Wadajir district in Banadir region. The cholera outbreak, which started in January 2017 has seen a cumulative total of 51,036 cases including 782 deaths as of 15 June. This is a significant increase compared to cases recorded during the same period in 2016. The case-fatality rate of 1.6 per cent remains above the emergency threshold of 1 per cent. 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. 12, 13 June 2017 | 2 Measles outbreaks continued to be reported in some parts of Somalia, with 9,813 suspected measles cases reported countrywide as of 12 June 2017. The nutrition situation has continued to deteriorate. Nutrition partners report that 2.2 million people are in need of nutrition interventions, of which the cluster has targeted 1.155 million people, including 539,000 moderately malnourished children; 346,000 severely malnourished children aged between 6 months and 5 years, and 270,000 pregnant and lactating women. Protection needs remain critical for the most vulnerable groups, especially women, children, persons with disabilities, the elderly and the minority communities. Internal displacement continues to feature as a key driver of humanitarian and protection needs. Although the estimated number of people in protracted internal displacement has remained at 1.1 million in the past couple of years, protection partners suggest that this figure is actually much higher. Lack of adequate shelter and key non-food items (NFIs) has been reported across all the IDP settlements. Humanitarian Response The humanitarian response continues to be scaled up and more than 3 million people are being reached per month with life-saving assistance and protection and livelihood support. The Food Security Cluster has maintained its reach in May compared to April, with thirty food security partners collectively responding. The scale up of response by some of the partners has ensured that the cluster maintains its response levels, thereby reducing household food consumption gaps despite the increase in acute need. While AWD/cholera cases continue to be reported, the situation is increasingly under control. Timely and effective interventions have reduced the number of new cholera cases overall, although new cases continued to be reported in certain areas. Most of the cases were reported in Wadajir in Banadir region, Goldogob in Mudug, Dusamareb, Galgadud and Merca in Lower Shebelle region. The health cluster is working collaboratively with the Ministry of Health, partners and health authorities to respond to the outbreak and implement preventative measures around the country. WHO conducted risk assessment activities in Banadir and Galgaduud regions to identify the population most at risk for cholera. Training was provided for 54 health workers in cholera surveillance, case management, infection control and prevention. House-to-house WASH campaigns were conducted in the Afgoye corridor, which has been the epi- centre of the cholera outbreak in Banadir. Other clusters such as WASH have had to scale back in May due to lack of funding. Most of the ongoing WASH projects are short-term emergency interventions focusing on immediate needs e.g. water trucking, hygiene kit distribution and emergency latrine construction that do not cover exit strategies like boreholes rehabilitations. Several of these projects ended in May, with no opportunities of extension. Sustained access to safe water is currently below 40 per cent of the HRP targets. This highlights the need to focus on sustained interventions to prevent recurrence of water borne diseases, including in areas where outbreaks have otherwise been brought under control earlier in the year. Despite underfunding of the education response, the cluster has in 2017 supported 50 per cent of the 250,000 children targeted. Education response has made significant strides in helping children access education in Somalia. Funding Reported funding Donors have continued to contribute generously towards humanitarian operations in Somalia. As of 12 June 2017, US$736 million had been reported to the OCHA-managed Financial Tracking Service. The funding comprises $542 million towards the Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2017, i.e. 36 per cent of the requested $1.5 billion. Some $194 million, including $42 million in pledges, has been contributed for activities outside the HRP. Donors have remained committed to timely implementation of famine prevention activities through the rapid disbursement of committed funds. About $433 million or 56 per cent of the $736 million has been disbursed to humanitarian partners, while $260 million is committed. A High-Level partnership mission led by the African Union and the United Nations concluded a five-day visit to the Horn of Africa in Nairobi, Kenya on 13 June, after visiting drought-affected communities in Ethiopia and Somalia. It included representatives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the African Development Bank, the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Coordination Saves Lives | www.unocha.org Somalia Drought Situation Report No. 12, 13 June 2017 | 3 Assistance and the World Bank. While in Somalia, the delegation met with authorities and humanitarian partners in Mogadishu. During a visit to Dollow, Gedo region, the mission met with displaced families and visited a cholera treatment centre in Kabasa, a settlement housing 200,000 displaced persons. At a press conference in Nairobi on 13 June, the African Union announced an immediate contribution of US$100,000 as a solidarity gesture to Somalia. This comes after the African Development Bank’s recent announcement of a US$1.1 billion package to combat drought and famine in six countries, including Ethiopia and Somalia. The World Bank will contribute US$50 million to scale up livelihoods and resilience efforts in Somalia, and plans to support the UN in developing a framework for economic recovery. The Bank has mobilized more than Reported funding by cluster (HRP and Non-HRP) (in million US$), as of 15 June 2017 HRP available Non-HRP unmet HRP HRP Non HRP US$184 million through its Multi-Partner Fund funded HRP covarage for Somalia. Food security 466 247 19 35% In a show of solidarity and in the spirit of Nutrition 197 79 0 29% Ramadan, Qatar announced US$10 million in WASH 81 30 0.5 27% humanitarian assistance for Somalia. The Health 82 25 2.7 23% assistance will address critical needs identified Protection 108 15 1.5 12% by the humanitarian community and be Enabling prog. 21 14 0.4 40% provided through Qatari NGOs working with the Education 24 9 0 28% United Nations. Earlier this year at the London Shelter/ NFIs 68 6 0 9% Somalia Conference, Saudi Arabia pledged Logistics 10 5 0 35% US$10 million for Somalia. USAID highlighted Early recovery 0 0.5 n/a its US$215 million commitment for Ethiopia in CCCM 20 0 0 n/a 2017 as well as its continued support of United Cluster not 112 178 n/a Nations coordination and relief work in Somalia. specifed While donor contributions continue to enable humanitarian partners to implement life-saving and life sustaining humanitarian activities in the first half of the year, the funding received to date is not sufficient to sustain the level and scale of response required to avert loss of lives.
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