DERF - Drought Emergency response- Sanaag Region DMAID_TASCO

Project period:

01.04.2019 - 01.08.2019

Granted amount:

565,464,- DKK

Organization:

Danish Muslim Aid

Partners:

Taakulo Somali Community (TASCO)

Pool:

DERF - Nødhjælpspuljen

Grant type:

Somaliland Food and Water Crisis (Modality 1)

World goals:

Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Efforts take place in:

Somaliland

Resume

Somaliland National disaster prevention and food reserve agency (NADFOR) and National Displacement and Resettlement agency (NDRA) appealed in February 2019, to the international humanitarian actors/agencies to respond the current humanitarian emergency situation for drought affected communities in Sanaag region. TASCO has been receiving alarming information from Sanaag, these concerns involve acute humanitarian crisis, food shortages and water caused by prolonged drought, where water price per barrel is $6 in Sanaag Region. TASCO and Danish Muslim Aid (DM-Aid) plan to respond to the current emergency situation in Sanaag region as described in the alert posting on DERF website February 20, 2019; TASCO is proposing two (2) months for unconditional cash/Food and water Voucher for the vulnerable households; for 638 households in ten (10) targeted locations Sincarro, fadhigaab. Dhooba cantuug, TuurkaA, Qoridheere, fadhiyar galool tubane, Dalxa, Galciidle and faraguul. The ten targeted locations are high priority according to NADFOR’s report. Additionally, the report mentions that the area received many displaced people which lost their livestock for drought and evacuated from border between Somaliland and Puntland.