An integrated health and nutrition response
Through DRC's Individual Protection Assistance approach, the organization has swiftly responded to the displacement crises in the affected areas by bringing emergency physicians closer to the IDPS in Kalabayr and Taleex.
This was imperative to deliver emergency and critical care services as well as provide free prescriptions, medication, travel allowances, and referral services to vulnerable patients.
To address nutrition needs, DRC partnered with Action Against Hunger (ACF) to provide timely nutrition and healthcare to malnourished children.
"We have arrived in Kalabayr as an emergency team to support the displaced people. DRC brought me here as a physician to deliver emergency and critical care services with other health practitioners from ACF. We have seen desperate IDPs living in poor conditions. However, we made a timely intervention to examine 150 patients on the first day of our mission. We also provided referrals for several patients. The health risk here is the malnutrition among children" Dr. Said Magan - A medical physician
To support the dignity, health, and privacy of displacement-affected populations, DRC provided core relief items (hygiene kits and NFIs) and multipurpose cash assistance to 6,000 households in Kalabayr, Taleex, Widhwidh, and Xidh Xidh to cover the immediate needs of the conflict-affected populations.
The cash support provides the affected communities with purchase flexibility to meet their basic needs.
DRC Somalia aims to continue providing protection and assistance to all communities who have been forcibly displaced from their homes and, with the support of partners and stakeholders, address the challenges faced by conflict-affected communities.
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Somalia: DRC provides integrated emergency support to families displaced by conflict in Laascaanood
Schools typically provide spaces and environments for learning, while public buildings host government offices to serve communities. However, in the Kalabayr and Taleex areas of the Sool region, as well as Buuhoodle of Togdheer, the situation is diff