Horn Relief Reports & Updates
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Horn Relief is Shocked and Outraged by the brutal murder of its Head of Office in Kismayo, Somalia
Horn Relief temporarily suspends operations in Kismayo Town and surrounding District.
Horn Relief has decided to temporarily close its office and suspend operations in the southern Somali city of Kismayo and its District following the brutal murder of its head of office, Mr. Ahmed Moalim Bario, on the 17th of May 2008. Horn Relief condemns this attack and asks from the local authorities that they find and arrest the culprits.
Although no decision has been made as of yet about whether or not operations will resume in Kismayo, Horn Relief is very concerned about the increasing risk for humanitarian workers in Somalia. The decision to return will be pending until the motive behind this assassination has been established and perpetuators apprehended.
Somalia is currently facing an unprecedented crisis with rising food prices, massive displacement, increased insecurity and harsh ‘Jilaal’ dry season that could also potentially be compounded by an under average Gu 2008 rainy season. As a result, hundreds of thousands of Somalis are in urgent need of immediate assistance. They are the indirect victims of any attack on humanitarian workers.
Horn Relief started operations in Kismayo in May 2007 and officially opened its office in September 2007. Its operations currently engages over 30 national staffs full time in the implementation of a cash based response, skills training and non-formal education project, and revolving fund project, with other interventions about to start.
Environmental Study of Degradation in Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau: Sanaag Region of Northern Somalia.
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This study was undertaken by Horn Relief in order to contribute both qualitative and quantitative data and analyses of environmental change to discussions on policy and programme planning in Somalia. The study also provides a series of recommendations to governments, local communities, and the international community on ways to address the severe environmental degradation that has occurred in these areas. Though this study examined the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau of the North, it is also appropriate to many other parts of Somalia because environmental degradation, after insecurity in some areas, remains the biggest threat to pastoralist livelihoods and the livelihoods of other rural groups. Furthermore, the study confirms Horn Relief’s own assumptions that the four-year drought (2000-2004) in the Sool Plateau and Gebi Valley and the resulting humanitarian crisis had a strong environmental dimension.
Cash relief in a contested area: Lessons from Somalia by Degan Ali, Fanta Toure and Tilleke Kiewied
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This Network paper was written by Horn Relief's Executive Director Degan Ali, former Program Assistant Fanta Toure, and Tilleke Kiewied of Oxfam Novib. The Network Paper describes an emergency cash relief programme carried out by Horn Relief and Norwegian People’s Aid in the Sool Plateau in Somalia in 2003-2004. The programme distributed $691,500 to 13,830 drought-affected households, making it the largest cash relief response ever mounted in Somalia. This document is published by the Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN), an independent forum where aid workers, managers and policy-makers in the humanitarian sector share information, analysis and experience. This and other HPN publications are available from the HPN website at www.odihpn.org
SomaliA News and Information
Following are sources of up-to-date information on Somalia.
NGO Consortium : The NGO Consortium is a network of local and international NGOs working in Somalia . The Consortium works toward harmonious and productive cooperation among national and international NGOs working in Somalia , in order to coordinate humanitarian and development efforts. The Consortium is based in Nairobi , Kenya .
Somalia Aid Coordination Body (SACB) The SACB is a network of donor groups, United Nations agencies, and international NGOs based in Nairobi , Kenya . The SACB was established in 1994 in an effort to improve the effectiveness and coordination of humanitarian aid and relief efforts in Somalia . www.undpsomalia.org
IRIN NEWS : The Integrated Regional Information Network of the UN provides daily news and regular analysis of current events in the Horn of Africa and beyond, focusing on humanitarian affairs and development issues. ( www.irinnews.org )
FSAU : the Food Security Analysis Unit provides regular updates on a range of food security indicators, including a monthly overview of the food security situation in Somalia and recommended national and international responses to prevent emergency or livelihood crisis. The analysis takes into account not only household food security but also market factors, political instability, and chronic food shortages.
FEWSNET : The Famine Early Warning System Network service is a tracking system that monitors factors such as rainfall, crop health, and commodity stocks and values to track measure livelihoods and track warning signals that can be followed to contribute to famine prevention. (www.fews.net)
SOMALI WEBSITES:
www.hiiraan.com
www.allpuntland.com
www.somalilandnet.com
www.banadir.com
www.hornafrik.com