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KEY MESSAGES
- Baidoa showed signs of stability with progress toward durable solutions, with 78% of IDPs and 80% of host community households reporting wanting to remain in their current settlements over the year following data collection.
- Improving access to basic services is crucial for enabling households to progress toward durable solutions. Clean drinking water appeared accessible in Baidoa, with all host community households (100%) and almost all IDP households (90%) reporting no issues. However, healthcare remained a problem, as nearly half (49%) of IDP households reportedly struggled to get medical support due to high costs and a lack of medical staff.
- Households reported dependency on market purchases for their food, with 88% of host community households and 56% of IDP households relying on markets rather than self- production. This dependence leaves households vulnerable to food shortages and price changes, especially as the area remains classified as a hotspot for acute food insecurity and malnutrition according to IPC Jul - Dec 2024 analysis.
- A lack of legal identity and secure land tenure documents was reported in Baidoa, with 86% of IDP households lacking identification documents and only 24% having written land tenure arrangements. These challenges could restrict their access to public services, legal rights and tenure security.