Emergency Relief

distribution of non food items for IDP families in Mogadishu 2012

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The International Relief Foundation (IRF) has distributed of non food items (NFIs), including the following materials: tarpaulin (for shelter), blankets, and treated mosquito nets for the people affected by drought, conflict, hunger during and extreme climate conditions.

The programme, which delivered emergency aid funded by CARITAS Somalia and implemented by IRF , helped 28,00 of the most vulnerable people in Mogadishu Somalia.

It targeted mostly displaced women, children and older people in the Sharif Abbow, Iftiin, Odwen, Alow Sahal IDPs camps and the former UNICEF field.

IRF was amongst the first organisations that took initiative in helping the drought-affected Somali people who immigrated from home towns and villages to become refugees at the IDP camps in Mogadishu.

Food distribution to displaced people in Baidoa Somalia

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The International Relief Foundation (IRF) is currently distributing food to 8,000 people in areas affected by severe drought and conflict a in southern Somalia. This is the first large-scale food distribution in that part of the country since the beginning of the year.

There is an immediate crisis due to the drought which caused loss of livestock and consequently an increase in the cost of raw materials available in the market. The most affected group are the families of small scale farmers, who rely on farm produce for their own consumption and in particular women and children, who play an important role in agricultural production.

Some 8,000 people in the Baidoa, Bay region have directly benefited from the integrated programme, which delivered emergency aid as communities grappled with severe drought, famine and conflict with families receiving enough, rice, flour, Sugar, dates , and Cooking Oil to last them one month.

It targeted mostly displaced women, children and older people in the Amaney, Kormari, Barwaqo, Tofiq, Tawakal, Wadajir, Sheikh Asharow, Bulo Usley, Beled Amin districts of Baidoa.

The severe drought in the Horn of Africa has resulted in acute shortages of water and food. The IRF is one of the very few humanitarian organisations active in all provinces of southern Somalia.