{"id":417150,"date":"2023-05-25T15:59:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=417150"},"modified":"2023-05-25T16:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T13:02:04","slug":"the-u-s-u-k-qatar-launch-a-10-5-million-initiative-to-continue-lifesaving-drought-and-resilience-response-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/the-u-s-u-k-qatar-launch-a-10-5-million-initiative-to-continue-lifesaving-drought-and-resilience-response-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S, U.K, Qatar launch a $10.5 million initiative to continue lifesaving, drought and resilience response in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

SONNA – Today t<\/span><\/span>he United <\/span><\/span>States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> the <\/span><\/span>British Embassy in Mogadishu<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>and the <\/span><\/span>Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) <\/span><\/span>announced the launch of<\/span><\/span> a $<\/span><\/span>10<\/span><\/span>.5<\/span><\/span> million <\/span><\/span>drought assistance and resilience <\/span><\/span>program through the Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (<\/span><\/span>BRCiS<\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span> consortiu<\/span><\/span>m.<\/span><\/span> The trilateral partnership builds upon famine prevention and resilience investments made by <\/span><\/span>USAID, <\/span><\/span>UKAID<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> and QFFD in 2021\/22 and will enable <\/span><\/span>BRCiS<\/span><\/span> to sustain<\/span><\/span> lifesaving <\/span><\/span>service<\/span><\/span> delivery while accelerating recovery efforts over the next six month<\/span><\/span>s.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Severe drought, compounded by conflict, in Somalia has left <\/span><\/span>6.6 million people severely food insecure<\/span><\/span>. Since January 2022, more than <\/span><\/span>3 million<\/span><\/span> people have been displaced and m<\/span><\/span>ortality rates have <\/span><\/span>surpassed<\/span><\/span> those in 2017. An estimated 43,000 deaths have already occurr<\/span><\/span>ed – <\/span><\/span>half of which were among children under five.<\/span><\/span>Without continued support, more than half a million children under the age of <\/span><\/span>five<\/span><\/span> are at risk of sever<\/span><\/span>e<\/span><\/span> malnourishment and death this year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mike<\/span><\/span> Nithavrianakis<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>British Ambassador to Somalia<\/span><\/span> said:<\/span><\/span> \u201c<\/span><\/span>The situation in Somalia remains critical. <\/span><\/span>We applaud our partners<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>ustained <\/span><\/span>delivery of <\/span><\/span>humanitari<\/span><\/span>an assistanc<\/span><\/span>e<\/span><\/span> which helped to avert <\/span><\/span>nationwide<\/span><\/span> famine<\/span><\/span> this year. This is significant, but <\/span><\/span>h<\/span><\/span>umanitarian aid alone <\/span><\/span>cannot address the crisis<\/span><\/span>. That is why the UK is reinforcing <\/span><\/span>BRCiS<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span> response <\/span><\/span>through continued collaboration with the U<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>S<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> and Qatar<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Th<\/span><\/span>e tripartite <\/span><\/span>collaboration <\/span><\/span>will<\/span><\/span> for the <\/span><\/span>first<\/span><\/span> time<\/span><\/span> combine<\/span><\/span>investments from the UK, U<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>S<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>, and Qatar under one program, <\/span><\/span>BRCiS<\/span><\/span>. This will ensure the<\/span><\/span> continue<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span> deliver<\/span><\/span>y of <\/span><\/span>emergency cash assistance to purchase food and multi-sector humanitarian assistance alongside resilience<\/span><\/span> activities<\/span><\/span> to ensure <\/span><\/span>communities are<\/span><\/span> protect<\/span><\/span>ed<\/span><\/span> and empower<\/span><\/span>ed<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Perrine Piton, <\/span><\/span>BRCiS<\/span><\/span> Chief of Party said: <\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>These contributions will save lives. The funds will enable us to reinforce market-based systems that drive supply and demand initiatives while ensuring 41,000 people receive emergency food assistance (multi-purpose cash), 330,000 individuals have access <\/span><\/span>to <\/span><\/span>clean water, <\/span><\/span>sanitation,<\/span><\/span>and hygiene materials, and 175,000 people are provided <\/span><\/span>with <\/span><\/span>lifesaving <\/span><\/span>health and nutrition services.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span><\/span>BRCiS<\/span><\/span> will continue to support <\/span><\/span>the Somali <\/span><\/span>people in their communities,” said U<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>S<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> Ambassador Larry Andr<\/span><\/span>\u00e9<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>Partnership \u2013 <\/span><\/span>iskashi<\/span><\/span> \u2013 is at the heart of the work of the United States with Somalia. This extension expands that partnership with the UK and Qatar to build on past succ<\/span><\/span>ess<\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

His Excellency Dr. Abdullah bin Salim Al-<\/span><\/span>Naimi<\/span><\/span>, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Somalia, said: “The drought crisis has cast a shadow on the already worsening humanitarian situation in Somalia due to the coronavirus pandemic. This affected millions and has increased the threat of famine, displacement, food insecurity, and severe malnutrition among children, which imposes on everyone <\/span><\/span>without exception. Providing humanitarian and relief support would alleviate millions affected by humanitarian conditions, helping them to withstand these complex situations further, and working to save lives, which is primarily a human duty.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SONNA – Today the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Embassy in Mogadishu, and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) announced the launch of a $10.5 million drought assistance and resilience program through the Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS) consortium. The trilateral partnership builds upon famine prevention and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":417154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-417150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417150"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417157,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417150\/revisions\/417157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}