Locally-led drought

resilience

We’re supporting local disaster responders in Afghanistan and Somalia to adapt to climate change.

Stock image from IFRC website depicting an dead tree, camel, and people in the background in Somalia.

Afghanistan and Somalia are two of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world

We’re partnering with the Howden Foundation to deliver online training on climate resilience.

Image of three donkeys carrying water in Somalia. Image Credit: IFRC copyright 2016 Tatu Blomqvist / Finnish Red Cross

We’re supporting a skilled climate workforce

We’re adapting our 6-week Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction programme to each of these two contexts. These programmes will equip local responders in drought-affected rural areas – including those from local NGOs, community-based organisations, and line departments of local governments in drought-affected rural areas. We’re focusing on supporting local organisations, who play a leading role in furthering climate resilience, as those who know local contexts best.

The project will support a skilled climate workforce, reducing reliance on external assistance, and empowering local actors to handle climate-related challenges – with farming techniques suitable in extreme heat events, or low-water usage irrigation systems, for instance.

Our existing Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction programme welcomes a broad range of participants from many countries, across our three target regions East Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Through this project, we can respond with depth as well as breadth, working closely with local organisations and climate responders to support them to find the climate solutions they need to counter drought and flooding in their contexts.

Why Afghanistan and Somalia?

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people in Somalia are threatened by starvation due to drought.
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of Somalia is arable land.
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of 34 Afghan provinces have severe or extremely poor water quality.
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people in Afghanistan need access to clean water and sanitation.

Learning Needs Assessments

To ensure we cover the right topics and respond to real needs in Somalia and Afghanistan, we are conducting two Learning Needs Assessments to assess the greatest learning priorities in context.

Stock image of mountainous landscape in Afghanistan.

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