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Livelihood creation through restocking Implemented by IWA under DRC Diaspora program

immigrantwomen.org — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:54:17 +0000

In Somalia, climate change is expected to increase the risk of natural hazards, and in turn, impacts access to livelihoods and exacerbate poverty. Due to the country’s struggle in dealing with climatic events and its geographic location, Somalia is one of the countries in the world with the highest vulnerability to climate change.

The project aimed to restore livelihoods and tackle critical levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in Rad/Laako. Up to 50,000 people have been displaced due to drought conditions and fighting. Their livestock perished following a prolonged drought or left their livestock behind to leave for their lives, putting their livelihoods at risk. Due to a lack of access to animal health treatments, the hosting villages also incurred significant livestock losses.

IWA distributed 200 goats/sheep to improve household nutrition and rebuild the livelihood of vulnerable communities In Rad/Lako Sanaag, Somalia. Around 40 internally displaced women including some from women-headed households are being assisted.

IWA built fully equipped hydroponic fodder with two water tanks, shelves, and trays. IWA provided the beneficiaries with hydroponic fodder production training. IWA also ensured that goats and sheep that meet specifications for good health and breeding performance were distributed to the communities.

IWA provided Animal health worker training to the beneficiaries and equipped the trainees with basic veterinary surveillance kits. IWA also provided the beneficiaries with basic bookkeeping training and conflict management to run the project and the saving mechanism of the money-saving group.

“Animal restocking” is crucial for the benefit of women for whom goats/sheep play a major role for the household nutrition security through the production of milk and a source of revenue to address other household challenges”, says Said Badmah, the Governor of Sanaag region.

After receiving 3 goats and 2 sheep, 45-years old Deqa Hassan Ali, the targeted beneficiary member said, “We don’t have food sometimes, my husband is paralyzed for the last 5 years. As an only earning member, I will keep these goats to reproduce so we can sell its milk and butter and buy food”.

The Director of the ministry of livestock and agriculture of the region stated that efforts to distribute goats to vulnerable women would have a positive impact on the community.

The project was funded under the DRC Diaspora Program.

Somali Danish community discusses how to fight radicalization and terrorism Hosted by IWA

immigrantwomen.org — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:45:40 +0000

The Somali Danish community discusses how the community can fight radicalization and terrorism as well as other problems that the community is facing such as education, crime, unemployment, homelessness, integration and media representation.

A container from Stevns to Puntland, Somalia

immigrantwomen.org — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 13:39:54 +0000

A sample of the people who have stood for the packing of used clothes and camping equipment for the Somali refugee women. The Somali IUP members live in Copenhagen and are very grateful and happy for the help that stevnsboers have provided for Somalia. Zainab Hudeidi founder and director of IWA, on the far left, goes to Somalia in December to assist in distributing IUP’s relief in the 24 refugee camps at the port city of Bosaso. There have been a total of approx. 30 people at work – half of them from Stevns.

Gjorslev: Two and a half hours work for 15 people Saturday afternoon – then the big 40 foot container in the old dairy farm at Gjorslev God’s pack was finished.

There actually appeared some people, as we have not seen before. Both citizens from Stevns and IUP members. We have packed over four times, and last time we loaded the prepackaged boxes into the container, “says Gitte Karlshøj Olsen, chairman of the humanitarian organization IUP, and residing at Gjorslev.

Completely filled, however, the container was not on Saturday.”There is still room for 18 cubic meters of dry milk, so we try to appeal to Arla Foods to get the container fully filled up,” says Gitte Karlshøj.

Among the many effects that was put in the container on Saturday is a larger amount of camping equipment that the participants of this year’s Roskilde Festival have left. It was collected after the festival by the organization, Selva Global, which donated about 1000 sleeping bags, blankets and quilts to the IUP. The equipment has been cleaned by St. Heddinge Dampvaskeri, and IUP have applied for the laundry fund to pay the laundry bill, says Gitte Karlshøj

https://sn.dk/Stevns/En-container-fra-Stevns-til-Somalia/artikel/30314