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Somalia: Project Highlights - OSRO/SOM/019/UK

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2 p.

Author FAO ;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contributed USD 3 750 000 (GBP 3 million) to the FAO project, "FAO’s El Niño preparedness, mitigation and response programme", which was implemented from 21 August 2023 to 31 March 2024. The project aimed to provide interim measures that enabled early preparedness of communities in areas identified as high flood risk to mitigate loss of life, livelihoods and assets in Somalia. The project successfully reached 33 339 households (233 375 people) and 144 technicians through flood mitigation activities, flood defence infrastructure rehabilitation and community preparedness and response.

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