Somalia Nutrition Cluster

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GEDO SUB-NATIONAL NUTRITION CLUSTER MEETING MINUTES Wednesday,20th September 2017, 10:00 am CEDA Hall, Dollow District, Somalia

1. Welcome and Introductions: The meeting officially opened at 10.10 A.M on 20th September, 2017.The meeting chaired by Ahmed Abdikadir, Gedo Nutrition Cluster Focal Point. The episode was commenced with recitation of the holy Quran verses. Then round self‐introduction of meeting participant was started and immediately the chairman took the participant through the agendas of the meeting.

2. Review and endorsement of the last cluster meeting’s minutes and follow up on the action points: Partners’ reviewed the previous meeting minutes on ‐16th August, 2017 and endorsed as true record of the meeting documents. The chair person appreciated and opened the floor of discussion agendas for the participants as he requested the members to sustain the nutrition coordination meetings and the noble mission of helping and providing sustainable. .

3. Key Nutrition Services and Situational Highlights: The situation is generally stable, there is humanitarian supply usurped in Elwak Gedo Somalia but no agency staff kidnapped and most programs are running in the region within the accessed areas

Specific updates from each partner;

CEDA; currently implementing OTP in 21 sites 3 static and 15 mobile. Kabasa IDP and Qansahley IDP which UNICEF were directly implementing OTP program but handover to CEDA from 1st August 2017. CEDA who was implementing TSFP in the two IDPS will get

Nutrition Cluster Coordination CEDA Office Tel: +252‐615895217 Doolow, Somalia http://www.unocha.org/somalia/coordination/clusters/nutrition +252615862121 For more information, contact Ahmed Abdikadir Nutrition Cluster Focal Point, [email protected]

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opportunity to open a pilot fixed TSFP site at Kabasa IDP camp to integrate the two programs. They also run TSFP and BSFP programs. Ceda under their own budget and initiative of the community have developed a mechanism to support the migrants IDP who are dropout from neighbouring regions i.e Bay, Bakool and Gedo.

CEDA; is supplying two hot daily meals for the way station and is also conducting screening and registration of the households that have been affected by the drought.

CEDA has integrated its nutrition services on nine Basic Nutrition service package in all the sites and triggered all outreach sites on how to do open defecation free

IYCF counselling was one of the sessions that contribute high on behavioural change to all mothers attending the sessions

CEDA implements TSFP / BSFP in 10 Food Distribution Points (FDPs) in Dolow districts and now ongoing a monthly routine screening in all sites

CEDA with WVI gives additional support to all normal pregnant mothers who get delivered in the MCHN Program and gives 50 kg of pulses 7.5kg of CSB, 0.75 litre of Oil and 14‐dollar cash for vegetables to encourage mothers to deliver in the MCH.

Under MCHN we also support pregnant mothers who are in the second trimester and we provide different ration than the delivers mothers in the MCH which is 7.5kg of CSB, O.75litre of Oil.

Lactating mothers from zero month receive some appropriate services until they fulfil the discharge criteria which is 6‐month time, while we Discharge pregnant mothers the day they deliver from the Antenatal care to postnatal care in which they also receive an equivalent of 14 dollars’ money for vegetables.

SRDA; Currently Implementing OTP program supported by UNICEF in 7 Sites (2 fixed and 5 mobile sites), the agency also implements TSFP/BSFP programs supported by WFP/WVI 12

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sites at Luuq district, the services offered at the facilities including, EPI, Mother support group, NHHP, health and hygiene promotion sessions, IYCF‐Emergency.

Under the OTP program the agency is also supporting the main hospital of Bohol Garas, where we offer our OTP and EPI services, Pregnant mothers who are in the second trimester and lactating mothers is being given systematic treatments, including MMNs, EPI and counselling, regarding IYCF and NHHP.

SRDA nutrition scale up is yet not finalized and the current situation of the proposed areas is worsening due to the stretching drought and IDPs influx in our geographical area. For the last two months, a number of community Development Committees visited our main office, requesting the agency to expand the health and Nutrition services too far areas which we planned to reach but we didn’t receive feedback from UNICEF till now.

Trocaire; supporting integrated health and nutrition services in Dollow, Luuq and Bulla Hawa districts of Gedo. The routine health and nutrition services of OTP/TSFP/SCs are ongoing in all MCHs and outreach sites. The nutrition supplies are adequately available and preplaced in all our stores in Dolow, Gedweyne, Luuq and Belethawa.

Trocaire running 9 OTP sites, 7 are mobile and 2 fixed. 13 TSFP sites. We added 12 new OTP/TSFP sites in Luq, 8 new sites in Dollow and the total TROCIRE sites are 39 in all the

3 district.

HIRDA; is currently implementing nutrition program in Bardera and Beled Hawa districts of Gedo region, we have a total of 26 OTP sites in which 4 are fixed while the other 22 are mobile and 1 SC. The nutrition program is integrated with EPI and resilience program in both districts. HIRDA has 30 CBW in Bardera and 33 in Belet‐Hawa districts. There is AWD/Cholera in Belet‐hawa which affect 23 children in our OTP program the last month 10 of them are still in CTC.

CHALLENGES Nutrition Cluster Coordination CEDA Office Tel: +252‐615895217 Doolow, Somalia http://www.unocha.org/somalia/coordination/clusters/nutrition +252615862121 For more information, contact Ahmed Abdikadir Nutrition Cluster Focal Point, [email protected]

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Double registration‐ most of the mothers who their children in OTP program use tricks to register their children different sites so that to get more Plumpy nut and sell so that to get money to manage their daily activities, and that cause children to lose weight every week.

Hirda do not have Registration books so we use normal books which we bought from book shops and have requested from UNICEF several times and not yet respond

AMA/DA; is currently running TSFP, BSFP and MCHN in partnership with WVI Somalia the program is funded by WFP through WVI international Somalia program.

EDRO; Is implementing OTP program integrated with EPI and resilience program Funded by UNICEF, through provision of nutrition services to the children under age of five in 3 fixed and 5 mobile OTP sites. EDRO Have CBWs well trained and working on IYCF conducting on daily routine, as well as also implementing prevention services like deworming, counselling and promotion of IYCF, community mobilization and micronutrient supplementation For PLWs.

Due to pre‐famine emergency EDRO had increased on its nutrition activities with two additional mobile OTP sites covering seven satellite villages as part of the scale up plan.

MOH District Nutrition Focal Point

He emphasized on the need to involve and inform the MOH on their activities by ensuring that we sent him the nutrition reports.

SOVA;

o Has carried out 12 nutrition education sessions and counselling to pregnant and lactating mothers or care‐takers in 12 different villages in Bardera district Gedo Region. o Has train 26 community volunteers/CHW s in order to promote hygienic related diseases such as AWD which is one of the underlining factors which cause immediate under nutrition.

o SOVA conducted 6 food demonstration sessions on preparation balance diet food for mothers. Nutrition Cluster Coordination CEDA Office Tel: +252‐615895217 Doolow, Somalia http://www.unocha.org/somalia/coordination/clusters/nutrition +252615862121 For more information, contact Ahmed Abdikadir Nutrition Cluster Focal Point, [email protected]

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o SOVA roll out 6 community education campaigns and deliver messages on improved infant/young child feeding & PLW and good hygiene behaviours on May 2017.

o SOVA has carried out prevention of acute malnutrition measures through ensuring sustained access of effective hygiene, Nutrition Health and hygienic promotion (NHHP). o Carried out 13 nutrition education sessions and counselling to pregnant and lactating mothers or care‐takers in 12 different villages in Bardera district Gedo Region. o SOVA is also running kurman community MCHN in Bardera district with support from SCWW and JMOH.

HARD; HARD are implementing integrated heal and Nutrition of 11 OTP sites, 8 sites are mobile

and 3 are static and EPI in Elwaq and Bardere and 1 SC in Elwaq district

HARD is also running integrated programs along side with nutrition which is IYCF, NHHP services and resilience 61 CBWs in villages of both districts. The OTP program is supported by UNICEF and with active PCA currently two years from January 2017 to Dec 2018. IYCF/NHHP programs is conducting in all the sites, admission trend is normal. Hard Elwak offices equipment’s and stocks were taken by non‐state actors but all HARD staff are safe and sound, non‐state actors attacked Ceelwaaq town on Saturday morning 16 September 2017 and attacked three offices including our office, HDC office and SAIF office. In our office they took two computers one laptop and one desktop, a carton of amoxicillin and 42 cartons of Plumpy nut and all the files in the office for reference. The office is open now and the staff consumed their work as usual.

GEWDO; is currently implementing OTP/TSFP program in Elwak districts of Gedo region, we have 7 OTP/TSFP sites in which 4 are mobile while the other 3 are fixed and 1 SC.

There is a security gaps in Elwak district and that situation forced World vision and WFP to stop 21 FDPS.

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RAAS; is running 4 OTP sites 1 fixed and three mobile sites, 4 TSFP sites and two MHC/OPD 1 Garbaharey and 1 Budhubo are ongoing all in well the Nutrition supplies are available in our stores,

RAAS conducted world Breastfeeding day celebrations in Burdhubo district from 01.08.2017 to 07.08.2017, this event participated Burdhubo local authority civil society women organizations, Imams and youth, the event has successfully completed.

Security situation & incident in the region;

Generally, the security situation of the region has been good with movement of people and the commercial goods are moving between all the major towns. District Status of movement District Status of movement Belethawo Fair Luuq Very good Garbaharey Good Burdubo Good. Bardhere Good Dollow Very good Elwak Bad

5. AOB;

‐ All partners should share nutrition gap areas so that to avoid overlapping.

Action Points …..2017

Timeline Action Points Focal agency. Status Every partner All 3 days should submit OTP AREAS WITH sites or TSFP sites LINKAGE OF OTP, TSF

to improve linkage We are requesting every partner to fill the and referral systems above attached links, failure to do we will report to Abdiweli (UNICEF) Gedo

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nutrition focal person and Mohamed Ibrahim (WVI) to do action against the failures. HARD Elwak should share its HARD 2 days Hard Elwak is requesting to share its losses loses and damages with the and damages to the nutrition cluster after nutrition Cluster their office equipments and stocks were taken by non-state actors militants.  Non-state actors attacked Ceelwaaq town on Saturday morning 16 September 2017 and attacked three offices including our office, HDC office and SAIF office. In our office they took two computers one laptop and one desktop, a carton of amoxicillin and 42 cartons of Plumpy-nut and all the files in the office for reference. The office is open now and the staff consumed their work as usual. All partners should share ALL 3 days Every partner should share with the nutrition Gap areas nutrition cluster the nutrition gap areas in its districts.

Annex 1: List of the Participants

Organizati Name on Contact Number E-mail Address

ABDIHAKIM ABDULLAHI HARD 061‐7413883 [email protected]

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ABDIGHANI SIRAT MOHAMED CEDA 061‐2828700 [email protected]

FATUMA MOHAMED Trocaire 061‐6994139 [email protected]

NOOR YUSSUF AHMED SOVA 061‐9818530 [email protected]

ADAN ABIKADIR IBRAHIM WVI 061‐6533914 [email protected]

ABDIAZIZ NOOR ADAN SRDA 061‐5362210 Srda‐[email protected]

ADAN MOHAMED AHMED CEDA 061‐5158799 [email protected]

MOHAMED AHMED RAAS O61‐7776778 [email protected]

ABDULLAHI OMAR ARAB MOH 061‐6542052 [email protected]

HASSAN MUKHTAR UDRO 061‐5227132 [email protected]

MARYAM ALI DIRIYE HIRDA 061‐8654154 maryancd@[email protected]

ADEN ISMAIL HASSAN HIRDA 061‐9395504 [email protected]

ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION MATRIX

Organisation JAN2017 FEB MAR April MAY 2017 JUNE July AUGUST SEPT 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017

CEDA √   √ √  

TROCAIRE   √   √

AMA √  X X X √  X

SRDA √   √ √  

EDRO A   X √  X

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GEWDO X X  X √ √  X

RAAS X X   √ X  

HARD   √ √  

GELDA X X X X X X X X

HIRDA X X X  √ √  

WVI √  X  √ √  

UNICEF   X X X X

SOVA  X X X √  

SOCDA  X X X X X X CHILDREN

Pbsc.network  √  

WFP √   √ √  X

URDO Bardhera X X X X X X  

SC OTP TSFP U5 TSFP PLW

Total New adm Total New adm Total New adm Total New adm

Org District June July AUG June July AUG June July AUG June July AUG 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17

CEDA Dollow 85 132 293 121 495 120 96 190 25

TROCAIRE Dollow 11 13 15 167 160 251 394 492 392 57 55 37

TROCAIRE Luuq 69 43 34 112 197 167 64 319 312 41 87 99

SRDA Luuq 164 171 185 412 304 253 137 92 28 137 92

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TROCAIRE BeletHawa 31 11 4 129 67 57 135 228 107 51 42 42

AMA BeletHawa

EDRO LUUQ 109 247 341

HIRDA Bardhere 310 322 295

HIRDA Baladhawo 252 302 242

HARD Elwak/BDR 3 5 4 184 176 195

GEWDO GH/BDR

GEWDO Garbahare

RAAS Burdhubo

SYPD

UNICEF DI Project

SOVA

SOCDA CHILDREN

TOTAL GEDO