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Somalia is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis driven by the convergence of prolonged drought, erratic rainfall, conflict, high food prices, and sharply reduced humanitarian assistance. These shocks have severely undermined livelihoods, agricultural production, and access to food, pushing millions into acute food insecurity and worsening malnutrition, especially among children.
What has happened is a rapid deterioration in food security conditions. Following the failure of the 2025 Deyr rainy season and poor rainfall performance more broadly, crop production declined and water sources dried up, particularly along the Shabelle River. Pastoral households lost livestock and milk production, while agro-pastoral communities experienced failed harvests. At the same time, persistent insecurity and displacement disrupted markets and restricted access to grazing land and humanitarian aid. Overall, the crisis reflects a combination of climatic shocks, conflict, economic pressures, and insufficient humanitarian response, leaving millions of Somalis at risk of hunger, disease, loss of livelihoods and loss of life.
Type of response:
The Joint Response
The Somalia Drought Joint Response proposes a multi-sectoral emergency response targeting those in high food insecurity in the most impacted regions, selected based on the scale of impact and identified humanitarian gaps. Within these priority areas, the intervention will focus on the districts and communities experiencing the greatest levels of displacement, loss of livelihoods, disruption to basic services and other vulnerabilities. Priority locations were selected based on the regions with the highest IPC4, namely Banadir, Bossaso, Qardho, Baydoa and Gaalkayco.
The activities carried out under this Joint Response are the following:
The JR is planning to reach more than 154,500 people under this response.
THE DUTCH RELIEF ALLIANCE
Save the Children
Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië 131-k
2593 BM Den Haag
The Netherlands
Chair organisation: ZOA
E: office@dutchrelief.org