Somaliland Cyclone Emergency Response

Project period:

01.07.2018 - 15.10.2018

Granted amount:

719,671,- DKK

Organization:

GURYASAMO

Pool:

DERF - Nødhjælpspuljen

Grant type:

Floods in East Africa (Modality 2)

World goals:

Goal 1: No Poverty

Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Goal 13: Climate Action

Goal 14: Life below Water

Goal 15: Life on Land

Efforts take place in:

Somaliland

Resume

According to Somaliland authorities, the extent of the impact for the cyclone Sagar, shows the high level of destruction left by the storm in its wake. The Government estimates the number of people affected around 670,000, including hundreds of thousands of children. According to the local authorities, Lughaya district of Awdal, with a combined population of just over 100,000 people, is the most affected zone. Zaylac district, in the same region, with an estimated population of 77,000 people, was also seriously affected and, just like Lughaya, have been cut off from transport and communications by the cyclone. At least 52 people have been killed and over 1500 were injured. In this regard, This proposed intervention has been selected due to the complex and multi dimensional nature of the humanitarian needs in Somaliland and the interlinks between the various needs which has been brought on by the cyclone crisis. Particularly, we will give focus on the prevention/treatment of the health related crised impacted by the cyclone inlcuding AWD, post traumatic stress disorder and other infections diseases through provision of outreach health services, counselling and awareness raising campiangs in Gargaara-bari, Lughaye and Zelylac. This communities resides hard to reach area and had an inadequate health intervention due to geographical locations but SHiFAT had an experience to implement a programme in hard to reach communities including Selel/Awdal peripheral district where there no any other health intervention.