World Vision Somalia - Situation Report 11

Key highlights on World Vision's response to the hunger crisis, as of end of July 2017:

4 million children in need of humanitarian assistance: Despite large scale humanitarian assistance, there is still an elevated risk of famine in some parts of the country due to severe food insecurity, high acute malnutrition as a result of failure of successive rain seasons and disease outbreaks. The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate with 6.7 million people still in need of protection and humanitarian assistance.

Displaced by drought: An estimated 766,000 people, including 480,000 children, have been internally displaced due to the severe drought. Baidoa and Mogadishu have the highest number of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) with a slight increase being recorded in Baidoa in the past month.

Education significantly affected: About 528,000 children need assistance to stay in schools. Baidoa hosts the highest number of newly displaced children with no access to education.

Access to WASH services: Access to water, sanitation and hygiene remains a challenge for over 4.5 million people. Lack of basic commodities and services has led to major disease outbreaks, with 58,524 cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) / Cholera recorded since January 2017. 53% of cases are children under age 5.

Over 5.5 million people in need of health services: Delivery of life-saving health services to most vulnerable children and IDPs is being hampered by funding shortfalls and the inaccessibility of some districts due to insecurity.

Further funding required: World Vision International has assisted 439,700 people in affected areas of Somaliland, Puntland, Jubaland and South West State since January 2017. More assistance is needed to match increased needs.