Reports

By Sahara Dahir and Karen Peachey June 2019 According to a special alert by FAO on 15 May 2019, more than 2.2 million people, almost 18% of the population of Somalia, are expected to face severe food insecurity…

Overview. This guidance note provides recommendations for the amount to be programmed for Cash Based Transfer programs to be used in the recovery stage of Cyclone Idai. This guidance note is designed in two parts; • Basic needs transfer…

Objective: To address the immediate food needs of vulnerable households through cash-based transfers, including cash-for-work (CFW), unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) and cash+, to increase household food security and enhance livelihood recovery. Key partners: 65 national non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Beneficiaries reached: 159…

Juba Urban Programme (JUP) The JUP was created in a context of increasing urban food insecurity especially after 2016. The latest WFP Food Security and Nutrition assessments show that food insecurity levels for urban Juba, Wau and Bor…

KHARTOUM – The United Kingdom is contributing £3 million (approximately US$3.9 million) to support the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in providing cash assistance for vulnerable communities in Darfur and running the United Nations Humanitarian…

Cash Transfer Programming in South Sudan Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) continues to be an expanding modality for the delivery of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan. However, its role as an efficient, effective and flexible mode of addressing…

SUMMARY Food security outcomes have improved significantly in many of the areas of Somalia worst-affected by the 2016/17 drought, as a result of large-scale humanitarian assistance and improvements in seasonal performance of rainfed crop production. 1 However,…

INTRODUCTION Cash-based interventions have been used by humanitarian actors in Somalia since 20031 . However, due to divergences in methodological approach, significant variations in cash transfer values have been noted along with a wide range of justifications.…

All she needed was cooking utensils like saucepans and wooden chairs to make tea for her custom-ers. Thirty-year old Adeng’s tea shop is made of thatched-roof hut. She serves tea alongside roasted groundnuts and kisra, a…

Background Somalia receives significant amounts of humanitarian and development assistance every year. While poverty, vulnerability and food insecurity are high in general, there are spikes in the need for immediate humanitarian assistance to save lives during the…