The prolonged conflicts and recurring droughts that prevailed for decades made greater parts of the Somali population dependants of humanitarian support in one way or the other. The year 2024 was no different from previous years where needs for humanitarian response has been the only means of survival for the most
vulnerable people in Somalia.
The effects of 2022/2023 droughts are still at large, and many vulnerable people have not yet recovered from its shock. 2024 began at a time when the effects of previous drought have driven 4 million people (21% of Somali population) to IPC3 or worse. As a result of the compounding shocks, many rural and urban IDP households encountered widening food consumption gaps. Rural pastoral populations who had lost their livelihoods to the 2022/2023 drought have had limited coping capacity to shocks. This compelled such populations to move and join urban IDPs in cities and other major towns creating massive rural-urban migration. Areas most affected included New Ways’ geographical coverage areas in the states of South-West, Galmudug, Banadir and Hirshabelle.
New ways envision world where disadvantaged communities, among them women and children, are protected, cared for and are given the opportunity to have access to better living conditions and wellbeing. To achieve this mission, we engage in long-term development work, build resilience, respond to emergency situations, and seek to address the root causes of poverty through our development, education and fund raising and advocacy services. Through this, the organization secured a few projects, which are being implemented in some of our coverage areas. During the reported year, we focused on the sectors of Food Security, Primary Health Care, Education, Nutrition (SAM), WASH, Child protection and GBV. All our projects were in line with our 5-year programmatic strategy plan. In a bid to maximize impact of our programs in the most cost-effective manner, New Ways opted to take an integration approach in implementing some of the projects during 2024. We began with the sectors of protection, WASH, nutrition and education.
