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Titre : Emergency Food Assistance for the Drought Affected Populations in Hobyo and Xaradheere Districts, South Mudug Region (Somalia)

Pays /Région : Somalie

Code projet : SOM-17/3485/SA1/FSC/NGO/4570

Durée : 10/04/2017 // 10/10/2017

Présentation
The proposed project targets to support 1,040 most vulnerable drought-affected households in Hobyo and Xaradheere districts with cash relief to enable them access immediate basic food items. The cash relief will be availed to the beneficiaries in two categories : A Safety Net for 750 households that shall receive Unconditional Cash through their mobiles for 3 consecutive months and 440 households to be provided with Conditional Cash transfer in a Cash-for-Work program for the rehabilitation/desilting of 10 communal water reservoirs for one month. The cash relief interventions are life-saving whose purpose is to help drought affected households to immediately access food so as to cushion them from the risks of succumbing to hunger. The most basic food items are available in the local markets of Hobyo and Xaradheere districts. CPD will ensure that at least 70% of the beneficiaries registered representing the affected households for the Conditional Cash Transfer Program will be women, while 70% of the Conditional Cash. Each of the 650 Safety Net beneficiaries will be receiving $ 84 per month for three consecutive months through the mobile phones ; the cash transfer being facilitated by Hormuud Telecommunication Company which is the only telecommunication company with a mobile network coverage in the project area. From Hobyo district, 400 HHs to receive the Unconditional Cash will be registered after a vulnerability assessment carried in Hobyo Town, Xinlabi, Bacadwayn, Xin Barwaqo, Wisil and Qararow locations/settlements. From Xaradheere district, 200 Conditional Cash Beneficiaries will be registered at Camaara and Ceel-Huur locations/settlements. These 8 target located/settlements in Hobyo and Xaradheere districts for the Unconditional Cash Transfer Program have been identified by CPD because of the high number of drought-affected people who have been settling there since December 2016 after losing their livestock to the drought and are still coming in numbers as they seek refuge in these settlements. The 440 targeted households for the Conditional Cash Transfers (Cash-for-Work) will be paid after rehabilitating 10 Communal Water Reservoirs in Hobyo and Xaradheere districts that have been identifed by CPD. A total of 7 Communal Water Reservoirs (Qurac cawer, Saqira, Sisib, Xin Barwaqo, Shabelow, Suguule and Cascas) are targeted in Hobyo district while 3 Reservoirs (Yacgos,Galdhig and Wacanri) are in Xaradheere District. Out of the 40 Cash-for-Work Beneficiaries, 400 will be unskilled and 40 will be skilled/supervisors. In each of the 10 Communal Water Reservoirs, 44 Cfw labourers (40 unskilled and 4 skilled/supervisors) will be doing the rehabilitation. Each of the 400 Unskilled CfW labourers will be paid $ 5 per day ($ 150 for a month) after the rehabilitation while each of the 40 Skilled/Supervisors will be paid $ 7 per day($ 210). CPD will contract Hormmud Telecommunication Company to transfer the Conditional Cash to the 440 CfW labourers. CPD will procure the necessary tools (80 Axes, 80 Shovels and 40 Wheelbarrows) to be used by the CfW labourers to rehabilitate the Communal Water Reservoirs.

Bénéficiaires
The beneficiaries for the proposed project are 600 HHs supported with Safety Nets (through Unconditional Cash Transfer) and 440HH to receive Conditional Cash after rehabilitating 10 water reservoirs. The target beneficiaries are the ones who have been affected by the drought and whose families have lost their livestock and have no any other economic means. An estimated 2,080 pastoralist HHs will in 10 water deficit settlements will be benefit from the rehabilitation of the planned 10 strategic reservoirs, supporting their livelihoods resilience. The beneficiaries will be identified based on their vulnerabilities due to the drought effects. For the Safety Net beneficiaries, a vulnerability assessment will be carried out to identify the most affected pastoralist households. Women-headed households, children-headed households, households with abandoned children, households with malnourished pregnant/lactating mothers, the elderly and the sickly will be considered during the selection process. At least 70% of women will be registered as household representatives for the Safety Net program while 50% of the beneficiaries receiving the Conditional Cash will be women.

Porteur du projet : Center for Peace and Democracy

Financement : Nations Unies

Contribution : 326,210.90 $

United Nations Development Group