Thirst-Quenching Water

In January 2016, the government of Puntland declared a drought stating that 213,000 people had been affected by the drought due to the poor performance of the most recent rains. World Vision’s area of operations that were adversely affected by the drought in Puntland are Dangorayo and Eyl. World Vision has been responding to the people’s needs through Water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH), livelihood and nutrition activities.

World Vision through the funding of ADH Germany, were able to provide water, through water trucking to the community in Boomas and Dhirwarabe. The water trucking project served 60 households, with a provision of 130, 000 litres of water in Boomas. In Dhirwarabe, 110 households received 230,000 litres of water.

Water trucking is a short term, life saving intervention that is used to support communities who have water shortages or have no access to sufficient quantity of water to meet their daily needs. The water is delivered through trucks, which are then poured into bladder plastics (water storage) that are placed at every household. The mobile water trucking, targeted pastoralist communities along the migration routes, which the government of Puntland identified as severely affected communities.

World Vision, together with Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Agency (HADMA), and the drought committee established during the crisis, selected the beneficiaries. The beneficiaries were identified by the district administration and endorsed by the drought committee. The beneficiaries were selected based on their vulnerability and lack of water. Each household would get 8 litres per person every day. The water was distributed to the households on a daily basis from the 17th to 29th of April 2016.