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FAO El Niño Response Plan – El Niño early warning and preparedness 2015/16
Tags: SOMALIA, EASTERN AFRICA, EL NIÑO-LA NIÑA, EL NIÑO 2015/16, PREPAREDNESS, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, DROUGHT, FLOODS, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, NATURAL DISASTERS, DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, RESOURCE PARTNERS, UNITED KINGDOM,
Full title of the project:
FAO El Niño Response Plan – El Niño early warning and preparedness 2015/16
Contribution:
USD 2 958 153
10/09/2015-31/03/2016
Project code:
OSRO/SOM/509/UK
Objective:
To strengthen the ability of affected households to prepare for, respond to and recover from possible flood events.
Key partners:
Federal and regional line ministries, NGOs, livestock professional associations.
Beneficiaries reached:
Communities vulnerable to or affected by El Niño-induced floods or drought.
Activities implemented:
- Developed an SMS alert system for early warning, disseminating over 9 000 SMS flood alerts and 4 000 SMS cyclone alerts during the project period.
- Produced and disseminated 32 regular bulletins (rainfall forecasts, flood alerts, etc.).
- Trained 19 staff from line ministries and the National Disaster Management Agency in disaster risk reduction (DRR).
- Engaged riverine communities in a rapid assessment of community-based early warning for livestock vector control and management and raised awareness among 46 000 people about Rift Valley fever and appropriate response.
- Mapping of river breakages enabled the repair of 24 breakages, protecting crops from floods.
- Protected grains and seeds from floods through an awareness campaign that reached 11 000 households and providing 145 000 polypropylene storage bags and 29 100 sheets of waterproof tarpaulin to 9 700 households to build elevated storage platforms.
- Provided emergency livelihood packages through a voucher system to 1 450 El Niño-affected household in Baidoa District – each package contained 15 kg of sorghum seeds, 10 kg of cowpea seeds and 150 kg of DAP fertilizer.
- Supported 1 000 households through cash-for-work to rehabilitate critical infrastructure, providing a total of USD 241 152.
- Purchased veterinary drugs for livestock in drought-affected areas of Puntland and Somaliland.
Impact:
- DRR trainees formed a disaster working group, which informed government, humanitarian and development agencies of flooding, enabling them to plan and respond.
- RVF awareness campaign enabled vulnerable communities to protect livestock assets.
- Repairs to river breakages contributed to the 43 percent reduction in flooding of agricultural land, potentially saving crops with a value up to USD 6.7 million.
- Storage kits expected to protect almost 7 275 tonnes of grains/seeds, with a market value of USD 2 million, helping to improve the food security of some 53 800 people.
- Recipients of emergency livelihood packages were expected to produce 1 595 tonnes of cereal, sufficient to feed 11 800 people for 12 months.
- Cash-for-work participants rehabilitated 3 water catchments, 4 contour bonds and 115 salt pans, providing an additional 378 903 m3 of water storage, facilitating water harvesting and providing an alternative source of income through the sale of salt.
- Pre-positioned veterinary drugs will be used to treat 1.5 million animals.