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1.9M Total people reached with hygiene kit distribution and hygiene promotion
1.3M Total people reached with safe water through sustainable water supply
1.7M Total people reached with safe water through emergency water supply.
400K Total people benefited from sanitation services.
SITUATIONAL UPDATE
Drought conditions still prevail in most parts of Somalia with Severe water shortages and inadequate access to sanitation facilities have heightened the risk of disease outbreaks, especially in IDP camps and in drought affected areas. Furthermore, the recent armed conflicts has heightened WASH humanitarian crisis with families forced to abandon their homes and fields. An estimated 6.4 million people lack sufficient access to water with many increasingly using untreated water from shallow wells and dwindling rivers, increasing public health risks. Communal strategic water sources in most affected areas are significantly depleted leading to increased water prices, which is a key driver of displacements and diarrhea-related morbidity in many parts of Somalia.
Gedo, Bay, Bakool, Lower Juba, Galgaduud, Mudug, Bari, and parts of Lower Shabelle,
Nugaal, Sool, Sanaag, Togdheer, Hiraan and parts of Waqooyi Galbeed are the worst affected regions. The NDVI anomaly for the period 1-10 October 2022 shows low vegetation cover across much Southern and central Somalia particularly Bay, Gedo, Bay, Middle Shabelle, Hiraan, Galgaduud, large parts of Middle Juba, Hiraan Lower Juba and few areas in lower Shabelle region. Deteriorating vegetation conditions in these areas are due to the poor performance of 2022 Gu rains and subsequent Xagaa dry season. However, few areas in the coastal regions of Banadir and Lower Shabelle regions show improved vegetation conditions compared to the long-term average. It is also important to note that the positive vegetation conditions may not be sustained due to the projected below average Deyr season.
WASH Cluster partners continue to race against time to further scale up and adapt the response to deliver assistance to those most in need and these efforts have resulted in a significant increase in people assisted. As of 10 October, the Government and WASH Cluster partners have reached 1.9M people with hygiene kits distribution and hygiene promotion. Partners have also reached 1.3M people with safe water through sustainable water supplies while another 1.7M people have received safe water through emergency water supply. Partners have also enabled 400K to access safe sanitation services. While donors continue to make generous contributions to the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan, the scale, scope and severity of needs is outpacing response.