MOGADISHU(HalbeegNews)- The Federal Government of Somalia and aid agencies operating in the country have appealed for more than $1.08 billion.
The call was made during the launch of 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) on Monday in which the government and humanitarian agencies jointly called on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to sustain aid operations in Somalia this year.
They said the response plan seeks to provide life-saving assistance and livelihood support to 3.4 million Somalis affected by conflict, climatic shocks and displacement across all regions of the country.
“Unless aid agencies can sustain the aid operation or immediately scale it up in some worst drought-hit areas early in the year, the progress made thus far is under severe threat, as Somalia remains in the grip of one of the most complex and long-standing crises in the world,” said Peter de Clercq, the UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. “I urge the international community to continue providing early and sufficient humanitarian funding. Alongside life-saving support, a substantial investment in resilience-building and development solutions will be critical to ultimately end need and allow people to fend for themselves with dignity.”
The Federal Government of Somalia commended the aid agencies for prioritising lifesaving and ending need through community resilience-building.
“This year’s response plan clearly articulates the government’s position that humanitarian needs in Somalia cannot be addressed by the delivery of life-saving assistance alone and it recognizes that there are opportunities for development actors to contribute to strengthened resilience of Somalis,” said Mr. Hamza Said Hamza, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. “I call on donors to also prioritize programmes that tackle structural and chronic development challenges in Somalia. We are committed to working with all partners to move ahead with implementing durable solutions through the Resilience and Recovery Framework for Somalia, while the humanitarian response plan focuses on the immediate needs of the most vulnerable – IDPs, host communities, returnees to Somalia and refugees from neighbouring countries.”
Guided by the Humanitarian Country Team’s Centrality of Protection Strategy for 2018-2019, the humanitarian operations will focus on four core strategic objectives: providing life-saving assistance, nutrition, protection and resilience support to the most vulnerable.
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