UNICEF HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT No. 7 31 July 2019

Somalia

Humanitarian Situation Report

Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin/UNICEF

REPORTING PERIOD: July 2019 SITUATION IN NUMBERS

4.2 million Highlights People in need of humanitarian assistance • The dry conditions continued in 2019 as a result of the below (2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview) average 2018 Deyr season continued in 2019 with the Gu rains 903,100 starting late and being highly erratic in most of the country. The 2019 Estimated children under-5 years likely to face acute Gu season was the second consecutive below-average rainy season. malnutrition in 2019, including 138,200 children with SAM • From January to July 2019, UNICEF reached 70 per cent of children 3 million targeted for Severe Malnutrition (SAM). Children estimated to be out of school • From January to July 33,110 children under-1 received Penta 3 and (2019 Humanitarian Action for Children) 73,686 children aged 6-59 months measles vaccinations. Routine 2.6 million People internally displaced throughout Somalia surveillance data showed a 66% decrease in recorded measles cases compared to the equivalent time period in 2018. • UNICEF and partners provided 673,013 people with access to emergency water, including through water trucking and water source chlorination. • UNICEF, the Government and Education Cannot Wait (ECW) launched a three-year programme to increase access to quality education for children and adolescent impacted by ongoing crises in Somaliland. ECW has provided US$6.7 million seed funding.

UNICEF’s Response with Partners UNICEF and partners Cluster UNICEF Total Target Cluster Total Target Target Results achieved Target Results achieved Nutrition: # children 6-59 months admitted for Severe Acute 130,196 91,736 70% 178,000 141,208 79% Malnutrition (SAM) Health: # of crisis affected people with adequate access to PHC 974,400 388,924 40% services provided with emergency life-saving health services WASH: # of emergency affected people accessing temporary 950,000 673,013 71% 2,092,000 932,643 49% safe water services for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene Education: # children and youth accessing formal or non- 165,000 29,455 17.9%1 330,068 80,743 25% formal primary education (boys/girls) Child Protection: # children participating in community-based psychosocial support activities including child friendly space 120,000 31,829 27% 250,000 143,178 57% (boys/girls) Cash-based Transfers: # of households with children under 5 years diagnosed with SAM and admitted for treatment 30,062 0 0% receiving monthly cash transfers to support access to basic services

1 A carry over grant from 2018 provided support to 20,868 children in education in emergencies interventions.

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UNICEF SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT No. 7 31 July 2019

Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs

In Somalia children continue to live in one of the harshest places in the world to be a child, faced with repeated climate shocks, continued conflict, displacement and violence. As of January 2019, over 4.2 million people, including 2.5 million children, needed humanitarian assistance and protection.2 There are also an estimated 2.6 million people displaced in Somalia, including 192,000 displaced so far in 2019,3 with women and children representing the majority of the displaced.

The dry conditions continued as a result of the below average 2018 Deyr season continued in 2019 with the Gu rains starting late and being highly erratic in most of the country. The 2019 Gu season was the second consecutive below-average rainy season, in a country still recovering from a prolonged drought in 2016-17 and resulting in the overall humanitarian situation worsening.4 Displacements due to the delayed rains and the impact of conflict are reported to be increasing throughout the country and exclusion and discrimination of women and girls, as well as soc