Appeal History:
The Emergency Appeal MDRSO001 was initially launched on 23 September, 2011 seeking CHF 4,158,791 or in cash, kind, or services for 12 months to assist 150,000 beneficiaries.
Operations updates were issued on 20 October 2011, 31 October 2011, 30 January 2012, 31 March 2012, 12 September 2012 and 21 September 2012.
This operations update increases the budget to CHF 4,448,696 a (7% increase) after receiving additional income to provide water resource rehabilitation and development.
Summary: The IFRC Somalia Representation and the Somali Red Crescent (SRCS) are seeking to increase the appeal budget within the current time frame of the Appeal, to allow for the completion of water sources development and rehabilitation activities.
The drought response operation was initiated by IFRC in January 2011 as part of the scaled up Somalia Annual Country Plan 2011 to respond to the drought situation in Somaliland and Puntland. The funds secured in early January 2011 enabled the IFRC and SRCS to respond since April 2011. However, the general food security situation in Somalia deteriorated in July 2011 which led the UN to declare famine in southern Somalia.
The increased hardships in southern and central Somalia, coupled with increased insecurity forced many people to move northward seeking refuge in Puntland and Somaliland. The developments necessitated the scaling up of activities and responding with an Emergency Appeal in coordination with the Movement partners.
By the end of 2012 most of the objectives of the Appeal had been achieved. This included procurement and distribution of non-food items, procurement of medical supplies, procurement of vehicles for the mobile health clinics, water sources rehabilitation, fuel subsidy to run boreholes, food rations for boarding schools and orphanages to keep children in school, livelihoods support to fishing communities and strengthening the national society response capacity. Few activities related to water sources rehabilitation and development remain and will be completed by the end of April, 2013. Following that, the IFRC Country Office will commission a final external evaluation, which will be paid off from the Emergency Appeal budget.