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In Somalia, the window for famine prevention is closing fast, and assistance to rural areas is in urgent need of scaling up. About 6.7 million Somalis are no longer able to make ends meet, including over 300,000 people who are already facing famine conditions.

About half of those most affected by the drought are in rural communities, and many are in areas that are difficult to reach with traditional humanitarian assistance due to insecurity.

To help rural communities cope with the historic drought conditions, FAO and the United Kingdom are supporting thousands of vulnerable families with emergency cash transfers, targeted at some of the hardest hit and most difficult to access areas of Southern Somalia such as Beletweyne, Afgoye and Xurdur Districts.

In addition to the cash transfer, 12 canals and two feeder roads have been rehabilitated through a cash-for-work programme, improving accessing to water for vulnerable rural communities.


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