Emergency
Providing immediate and integrated,multi-sectoral assistance in emergency situations
Our emergency management approach is to save lives and reduce suffering to disaster affected community, deliver coordinated and integrated emergency life saving interventions to affected communities and strengthen preparedness, mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programs that benefit vulnerable households.
Approach
The initial interventions were in emergency and relief, but currently the interventions have expanded to include rehabilitation and development interventions in health, water, education, energy, agriculture, cash for work, food for work, distribution of Non-Food Items (NFI) and capacity building.
Strategic Aim
1. Save lives and reduce suffering of disaster affected.
2. Provide access and restitution of learning in emergency situations.
3. Apply disaster risk management mechanisms to protect livelihoods and reduce social and economic loses.
Impact
17,041 lives
In 2019, our Emergency sector impacted 17,041 lives through our emergency management interventions aimed at saving lives and reducing suffering to disaster affected communities.
Recent Projects
Gardo Initial Food Emergency Response (GIFER)
Gardo Initial Food Emergency Response (GIFER)
Through funds from ADRA International and ADRA France, the Gardo Initial Food Emergency Response (GIFER), reached 230 households in Qardho, Puntland. Each household received food items consisting of 25 kgs of rice, 25kgs of sugar, 25 kgs of wheat flour, 1kg dates, 1kgs of tea leaves, 3 litres of cooking oil and 2.5kgs of milk powder. The beneficiaries consisted of the most vulnerable groups who included the elderly, people living with disabilities, female and child headed households and orphans.
Enhanced Access to Sustained Education Services (EASES)
Enhanced Access to Sustained Education Services (EASES)
Aimed at ensuring emergency and crisis affected 4,081 children and youth in IDP and host communities including those in hard to reach and undeserved areas, have access to sustained quality, holistic, relevant, and integrated emergency education services in Kismayo.
Enhanced Access to WASH Services for vulnerable communities in Kismayo district (EAWS)
Enhanced Access to WASH Services for vulnerable communities in Kismayo district (EAWS)
The EAWS project improved water and sanitation services to 39,128 beneficiaries in schools and local communities within Kismayo District
Response to Flood Emergency in Somalia (REFLES)
Response to Flood Emergency in Somalia (REFLES)
Funded by ADRA International, the project’s aim was to distribute water and sanitation NFI (non-food items) kits to 10,240 flood and internally displaced households in Somalia. The main objective was to preserve lives and alleviate the suffering of the population affected by the floods in Somali.
The Cyclone Response Interventions and Support in Somaliland (CRISIS)
The Cyclone Response Interventions and Support in Somaliland (CRISIS)
The Cyclone Response Interventions and Support in Somaliland (CRISIS) funded by UNOCHA (SHF) was aimed at ensuring sustained access to quality, holistic and relevant basic education, health/nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene services to vulnerable emergencies and disaster affected populations in Somaliland. The intervention gave priority to restoration of damaged infrastructure and provision of basic services to most vulnerable individuals and households.
