Disaster Response Somalia Project #56253

East Africa Hunger Relief Fund

Project Report | Sep 14, 2023
An update on your donation to the East Africa Hunger Relief Fund

By Sarah Rahman | Program Manager, Disaster Response

Photo: Drylands Natural Resources Centre

Thank you for your generous donation to the East Africa Hunger Relief Fund. Donations to this GlobalGiving fund continue to make a difference, providing access to safe and clean water, responding to destructive floods, and supporting farmers. Your support is reaching communities across the region as they combat historic drought, flooding, and devastating food insecurity.

Since our last update, donations from the East Africa Hunger Relief Fund supported three grants to high-impact and community-led nonprofit organizations at the forefront of this crisis.

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported:

Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development (NAPAD) is a regional partner working across Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Your donation will strengthen NAPAD’s work in Ethiopia, where they recently repaired and solarized a critical borehole in Ethiopia's Somali state. GlobalGiving previously supported their work in Somalia, where NAPAD’s school feeding program served hundreds of girls who have been displaced.

Adeso is an Africa-based non-governmental organization working in Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan. Your donation will support Adeso in its ongoing work in Somalia, focused on creating greater water access for communities and building community food security. The funds will allow Adeso to work with an agro-pastoral community whose crops and livelihoods were devastated by flash floods in Bari, Somalia, earlier this year. Adeso will also work with communities on flood prevention and ensure sustainability for their families and livelihoods.

Drylands Natural Resources Centre (DNRC) is a Kenyan partner working with farmers and communities to fight soil degradation, food insecurity, and poverty in Kenya's drylands. Among other areas, DNRC is working with hundreds of farmers in groups and schools in Makueni County. Some of their programs include enabling farmers to invest in reforestation using drought-resistant indigenous tree species, addressing deforestation, and trainings.

We also complemented the work of GlobalGiving’s Tigray Famine and Crisis Relief Fund to support a partner working on food insecurity in Ethiopia. As the Tigray Famine and Crisis Relief Fund comes to a close, we will continue to support our partners in Ethiopia through this East Africa Hunger Relief Fund. The needs remain enormous there as conflict spreads and food aid was disrupted earlier this year.

Here is what Abdullahi from NAPAD wanted you to know about the impact of your donation:

"Your contributions have played a crucial role in addressing hunger crises and making a positive impact on the lives of those in need … Your support has made it possible for us to continue our mission of promoting peace and sustainable development in the region."

Your support of the GlobalGiving East Africa Hunger Relief Fund powers community-led responses, and it means that people across several countries get the critical resources they need to help their community remain as safe, healthy, and food secure as possible. Thank you—we cannot say it enough. We’re also planning to meet some of our partners that have received grants from this fund in person soon, and we’re excited to share their stories when we return!

With gratitude,

Sarah + the GlobalGiving Team

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Jun 22, 2023
An update on your donation to the East Africa Hunger Relief Fund

By Sarah Rahman | Disaster Response Program Manager

Photo: FACE

Thank you for your generous donation to the East Africa Hunger Relief Fund. Donations to this GlobalGiving fund are contributing to a critical effort to combat life-threatening hunger across East Africa. Communities in the region are confronting prolonged drought alongside new and ongoing conflicts.

Since our last update, donations to the East Africa Hunger Relief Fund have supported more than five grants to high-impact and community-led organizations at the forefront of the fight against hunger in countries including Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan.

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you are supporting:

Humanitarian Relief and Development Council (HRDC) is a Somali organization responding to the water, hygiene, sanitation, and protection needs of communities affected by flooding and conflict in Somalia, including recent fighting in the Las Anod region. HRDC is providing immediate relief through food and medicine, as well as longer-term support for farmers and people vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis.

Hope Health Action is a Ugandan organization supporting refugees from South Sudan with critical nutrition and livelihood assistance. Many of the people that Hope Health Action supports have disabilities that put them at greater risk of experiencing hunger and its impacts. Hope Health Action is also addressing the nutrition needs of children in refugee camps through vital supplement distributions.

Seed Programs International works with community-led partners in the region to support agriculture and farmers’ needs. Seed Program’s partners include Kaalmo in Somalia, which provides drought-resistant seeds to farmers while also addressing emergency needs arising from recent flooding, and Grow East Africa in Ethiopia, which is responding to the impact of drought in Burji.

Sadagaat-USA is an organization led by members of the Sudanese diaspora mobilizing a response to the eruption of conflict in Sudan in April. Sadagaat is working with partners to sponsor food distributions and shelter for people seeking refuge from fighting in the capital, Khartoum. This grant to Sadagaat complements a grant from the GlobalGiving Sudan Emergency Fund in support of overall humanitarian needs in Sudan.

Your support of the GlobalGiving East Africa Hunger Relief Fund powers community-led responses. Investing in these communities makes a difference as the region confronts drought and conflicts that have an impact across local, national, and international borders. You can learn more about the situation here.

As our partners’ critical work continues and the needs grow, we will share more updates with you about the impact of your donation. You can find a full list of nonprofits that recently received grants at the end of this report.

With gratitude,

Sarah + the GlobalGiving Team

Nonprofit Partners Receiving Grants:

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Feb 27, 2023
An update on your donation to the East Africa Hunger Relief Fund

By Kyra Zimmerman | Disaster Response Associate

Photo: Tiruzer Ethiopia for Africa (TEA)

Thank you for your generous donation to GlobalGiving’s East Africa Hunger Relief Fund. Catastrophic levels of hunger persist as violence and the impacts of the climate crisis challenge communities in Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and other East African countries.

Your support of the East Africa Hunger Relief Fund has been critical in meeting the needs of communities facing famine. These include access to safe water and medical services, assistance for people who have lost their livelihoods due to drought, and support for women and children, who are often most at risk of hunger.

Thanks to your generosity, five trusted nonprofit organizations are receiving grants from the fund to expand their programs serving communities across East Africa.

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported with your donation:

Agro-Pastoral Charity Organization (APCO), based in Somalia, is combating food insecurity through tree planting, activities that support women, and cash assistance for people who are poor and in need. These activities are critical in APCO’s fight against the causes of food insecurity.

Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development (NAPAD), based in Somalia and Kenya, offers multi-purpose cash programs, kitchen garden farming, and school feeding programs, which support displaced populations often overlooked in moments of crisis. NAPAD also has water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in Galgaduud, Somalia, which is a highly food-insecure region. Aware of the increasing food insecurity in Ethiopia, NAPAD teams are exploring ways to fill gaps in aid access along the borders of Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia.

Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization (SSHCO) has been operating a health clinic in the village of Maar, South Sudan since 2008. The clinic provides nearby communities with health care services, including maternal health and sanitation. The clinic also offers nutrition programming for internally displaced South Sudanese who experience significant challenges in accessing nutritious food.

Tiruzer Ethiopia for Africa (TEA), based in Ethiopia, focuses on building water wells and helping insecure communities cultivate nutritional sources of food. The organization is also working in Tigray, expanding its activities in primary education, water and sanitation, primary health care, rehabilitation, and community-wide reconciliation and peacebuilding.

Your support of GlobalGiving’s East Africa Hunger Relief Fund is powering community-led responses and delivering life-saving aid to communities across East Africa. The need remains enormous. Despite global efforts last year, 22 million people in East Africa were acutely food insecure at the start of 2023. Current drought trends in the Horn of Africa have exceeded the conditions of the 2011 famine in which hundreds of thousands of people died.

As the incredible work of GlobalGiving’s partner community continues, we will share more updates with you about how your donation is making a difference. Until then, we remain immensely grateful for your generosity.

With gratitude,

Kyra + the GlobalGiving Team

Nonprofit Partners Receiving Emergency Grants

Agro-Pastoral Charity Organization

Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development

Sadagaat-USA

Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization

Tiruzer Ethiopia for Africa

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