Somalia - Emergency Assistance - CARE Canada 2019-2020

March 2019 - Decades of political instability have left Somalia facing a complex and protracted humanitarian crises with an estimated 4.2 million Somalis (35 percent of the population) expected to require humanitarian assistance in 2019. Some 2.6 million people have been forced from their homes with little or no access to basic services. Acute malnutrition rates remain near or above emergency thresholds particularly among displaced populations. Violence due to terrorist threats and multiple conflicts has made access a challenge in many regions hampering the ability of humanitarian workers to reach those in need. With GAC’s support CARE Canada is providing assistance to address the urgent needs of up to 51 662 disaster-affected people in the Lower Juba region of Somalia. This project focuses on providing critical lifesaving water sanitation and hygiene services gender responsive protection services and livelihoods assistance. Project activities include: (1) rehabilitating up to 9 strategic community water points; (2) conducting information sessions on the prevention of gender-based violence and awareness sessions on the protection of women and children; and (3) engaging up to 600 households in cash-for-work activities to improve access to equitable livelihoods.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved access to adequate water sanitation and hygiene services; (2) improved access to equitable livelihoods assistance; and (3) improved access to protection services for vulnerable women men boys and girls in returnee internally displaced person and host communities. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crisis or that are facing acute food insecurity.