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ARIDLIFE is currently implementing humanitarian assistance in Gedo in Somalia, Mandera county, Dawa zone providing Agriculture and food security, WASH, Health and Nutrition, restocking and multi-purpose cash assistance in partnership Mercy Corps USAID.
ARIDLIFE is supporting nine community centers (villages) in Elwak, Mandera west and Banisa sub-counties of Mandera County with subsistence agriculture, animal health and nutrition, WASH and Sanitation, education, environmental conservation and community cohesion programs.
In 2021/22, the recurrent drought forced massive cross migrations of pastoralist in search of water and paster especially along the borderline of Ethiopia and Kenya. Aridlife extended its programs to the border villages of Liiban and Dawa districts of Ethiopia in coordination with local administrations and local CBOs to provide water trucking, food distribution and monitored natural resource conflict to ensure early detection and response by local peace committees.
Natural disasters and in particular droughts have increased in frequency and intensity in the Horn of Africa region. The challenges of recurrent droughts, sporadic flash flooding and sustained conflict often lead to a massive loss of livelihood assets, diminished food production, and a lack of opportunities to generate income, resulting in a chronic food crisis in the country.
ARIDLIFE advocates for and implements the use of cash transfers, which families use to meet immediate food and non-food needs and to build their resilience, for example by protecting existing or replacing lost herds. We also provide ongoing support by distributing livestock, seeds and tools, providing training in livestock healthcare, and funding community-managed disaster risk reduction projects;
Ongoing interventions include:
- WASH program - Emergency water supplies to prevent distress migration and loss of life/livestock.
- Multipurpose CASH transfer & CFW
- Health & Nutrition including Supplementary Feeding programs
- Hygiene and Sanitation Promotions
- Agriculture and Food security
- Resettlement support at IDPs including Shelter/NFI distributions
- Establishing and protecting strategic water sources and building local capacity to monitor and respond to changing patterns of demand for water
- Provision outreach services to GBV survivors, Hygiene promotion and distribution of NFI and sanitation kits.
On the Kenya/Ethiopia corridor, Aridlife has established working relationships with local community leaders, local governmental admonitors and local CBO such as Pastoralist in Action to monitor and respond to natural resources related conflicts, provide relief and humanitarian interventions in times drought and build capacity of peace committees in Qadaduma/Irresteno border area, Malkamari/Banisa/Lulis corridor, Sukela Burki/Eymole area, Moyale/Kiliwelhiri/Burduras area. In these border areas, AridLife has local contacts that monitor and provide early warning information on conflicts, disease outbreaks and migrations of people and livestock.
