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Across Somalia, prolonged droughts followed by flash floods and displacement have strained household incomes and pushed staple prices beyond reach, making it difficult to prepare consistent, nutritious suhoor and iftar meals. IDP settlements and low-income urban neighborhoods face the greatest pressure, with crowded living conditions and limited access to fresh produce and protein.
Food safety is also at risk where clean water, refrigeration, and cooking fuel are scarce, forcing families to rely on low-nutrient foods or skip meals altogether. Children, pregnant and lactating women, older adults, and people with chronic illness bear the brunt of these gaps during a month centered on dignity and community.
Assistance must align with Ramadan routines while safeguarding nutrition, ensuring safe delivery, and leveraging local markets without driving price spikes.
Culturally appropriate assistance: Provide halal food baskets or e-vouchers timed for suhoor/iftar that include staples, protein, dates, oil, and fresh items, with options for special diets where feasible.
Safe, orderly distribution: Use verified lists, scheduled pickups, accessible sites, and limited home delivery for homebound households to reduce queues, duplication, and protection risks.
Market partnerships & last-mile logistics: Work with vetted vendors and community kitchens, pre-position stocks, and plan contingency routes to reach high-need districts and IDP sites reliably.
Somalia experienced the worst drought in decades in 2023, followed by the most extensive floods in generations, all within the span of just a few months. Despite some improvements, levels of humanitarian needs are still severe and extreme. Almost one in five Somalis face high levels of acute food insecurity. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis published on 15 February, at least 4 million people (21 percent of the population) are estimated to be in IPC Phase 3 or worse (Crisis or Emergency) until March 2024.
This project provides immediate life-saving food items to the most vulnerable drought-affected 350 households in Baidoa through the following activities:
i. Beneficiaries’ identification and selection.
ii. Procurement of food items from the local markets in Baidoa.
iii. Transportation of food items to the project distribution sites.
iv. Distribution of food items consisting of 20kg Rice, 20kg Flour, 10kg Sugar, 3literes of cooking oil, 2kg of dates, 250g of tea leaves and Four Cans of Beans (1800g)to 350 beneficiary households.
Project Outputs:
● 350 food packages consisting of 20kg Rice, 20kg Flour, 10kg Sugar, 3 liters of cooking oil, 2kg of dates, 250g of tea leaves and Four Cans of Beans (1800g) will be delivered to 350 families.
● A total number of 350 Family households or 2,100 people, including women and children will have basic food enough for one month.
Dr. Yahya Hendi is the Director for Muslim Life. He has been at Georgetown for 25 years and was the first Muslim chaplain to be hired full-time by an American university. Imam Hendi is a Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow at the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland School of Law and the Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. Imam Hendi is the founder and president of Clergy Beyond Borders. He also serves as a member of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America. Imam has served as an adjunct faculty member for Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Osher’s Lifelong Learning Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Fordham University, and Hartford Seminary. Imam Hendi also taught the course Inter-religious Encounters at Georgetown University. He is passionate about environmental responsibility, racial justice, eliminating poverty, fighting against the growing sense of militarism, and empowering Muslims to reform the way they practice and understand Islam. When Imam Hendi is not talking about these topics with students, you’ll find him in the kitchen cooking Maqloobah or his other favorite dishes, grilled chicken, rice, and hummus.
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