In 2023, Somalia walked back from the brink of famine due to devastating drought, considered one of the worst in decades, and only a few months later faced the worst floods in generations. Against this backdrop, the 2024 HNRP is:
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based on comprehensive needs analysis, with 2024 PiN 17% lower compared to 2023 due to the end of drought but well above the 5-year average.
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highly targeted, focusing on areas with high need severity. Resilience, durable solutions, and non-emergency livelihood programming have been excluded to ensure a collective focus on life-saving, life-sustaining, and protection response. This has led to a 32 per cent decrease in the HNRP target and a 40 per cent reduction in financial requirements compared to 2023.
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prioritized: 10 (of 74) districts are prioritized for integrated programming from January to March 2024, with a focus on emergency response in the districts most affected by Deyr flooding in 2023.
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advancing multi-sector implementation, as per the HCT’s Integrated Response Framework (IRF) and area-based coordination of assistance to newly displaced people and communities in newly accessible areas.
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risk-informed: for the first time, readiness and anticipatory action measures ahead of anticipated Gu flooding (late March-June 2024) are explicitly integrated in the HNRP.
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advocating for scaled-up development and international financing support to durable solutions, social protection programming, disaster risk reduction and water management, in order to reduce the structural drivers of humanitarian needs.
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informed by ongoing HCT efforts to mitigate and prevent the risk of aid diversion and ensure aid gets to those who need it most.
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appealing to donors to provide generous funding, taking into consideration significant underfunding in 2023.
Disclaimer
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