Food Security Cluster Monthly Analysis Cluster FAO and WFP Summary of FSC Responses in October lead In October 2012, the FSC members assisted 3,602,815 people throughout Somalia with responses aimed at protecting vulnerable households and individuals from being severely food insecure. These responses are categories as either i) agencies improving household access to food, ii) investing in livelihood assets or iii) safety nets interventions. Support was provided through food and non-food inputs depending on the households and communities needs and their IPC status. Of Contact Mark Gordon -
[email protected] , the total assisted 181,368 people received improved access to food. The FSC has also invested in livelihoods through the provision of seeds, vaccination and treatment of animals benefiting 2,468,610 people. Safety net programmes also Informati Francesco Baldo –
[email protected] assisted 952,837 people through wet feeding, emergency school feeding, and institutional feeding. Cluster OBJ 1 - Focusing on populations in Famine, Emergency and Crisis, provide immediate household access to food and essential non-food requirements through emergency food, Objective voucher and cash responses to populations in crisis. The Deyr rainy season and pockets of extreme weather events s Strategy The last week of October saw the Deyr rains intensify with good distribution in many parts of the southern regions; by early November the rains were beginning to subside across the country. and activities Although most of the Northwest (Awdal, Togdheer, and Woqooyi Galbeed, the Sool plateau ) has remained dry, heavy downpours in parts of the Hawd in Togdheer Region caused flash floods, leading to the loss of human lives and of livestock.