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Northwestern Integrated Community Development Programme
This is the second phase of a BSF-funded programme in Somalia. The first phase, Beyond Relief Programme, closed in March 2001.
The overall programme goal is to improve household incomes in the area, as well as people’s access to food, water and health services. The programme targets the entire population of the area, especially nomadic livestock herders who make up the largest and poorest group, and households headed by single women, which make up about 30 per cent of households in the area. The regional government lacks funds to provide adequate health services and the health sector relies heavily on donor funding.
Programme interventions are designed to benefit the targeted population in rainfed areas, irrigated farms, livestock herders and women. Specific activities include:
The programme has been successful in a number of key areas. By June 2005 it was working with 64 village development committees. About 140 community health workers and 370 traditional birth attendants had been trained and are regularly supervised. More than 320 latrine pits had been constructed within programme communities. Sixty-seven credit associations attached to the village development committees manage funds supporting rural financial services.
In all, 188 demonstration plots have been established to demonstrate simple practical packages that increase agricultural production and contribute to food security. Some 120 km of rural roads were rehabilitated. A watershed approach has been initiated at three sites to conserve rainfall runoff and soil.
Source: IFAD |
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