KEY FINDINGS
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A total of 39,628 people are currently living in the flood-affected areas of Kismayo district, with 4,254 people having moved into the affected location in the past two weeks.
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The survey analysis revealed, the top 3 most urgent NFI needs for the flood-affected people in Kismayo district are Tents, Mosquito nets and Plastic sheets.
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12% of the sites reported that the nearest markets were fully destroyed by floods while 29% of the sites reported that their market were partially destroyed.
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In 12% of the sites, open defecation was reported as the prevailing practice for using latrines, which increases the risk of disease outbreaks such as Cholera.
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47% of the sites reporting that only a few flood-affected people have access to sufficient quantities of drinking water with 41% sites reporting no access to water for flood affected people
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Due to the damage caused by the flooding, health facilities have been adversely affected, leading to an increased demand for health services in all sites.