IDP MINORITY AND MIGRANT WOMEN'S CURRENT SITUATION IN DAAMI A&B, SHEIKH NOUR AND QOOBKA IDP SETTLEMENTS - SURVEY REPORT 2022

USWO organization has recently conducted a preliminary survey on marginalized IDP minority and migrant women's current situation in Daami A&B, Sheikh Nour and Qoobka IDP settlements which are widely known to be the most and only residential areas for minority communities and for the low socioeconomic and marginalized groups in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Here we have published the key findings and results of this survey report on the current situation of migrants from Ethiopia; as well as, refugees and other returns from South Central Somalia.

DROUGHT FORCES FAMILIES TO FLEE THEIR HOMES TO FIND SHELTER IN CAMPS FOR THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE

In Somaliland, desperate families are migrating in droves in search of food, water, and pasture for their weakened animals.

Burao, Somaliland: At Nabad iyo Nasiimo camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) just outside Burao town, Ayan Hersi watches forlornly as her in-law, Abdi Igge, sets sticks in holes he has dug and interweaves them with a secondhand plastic sheet to create a makeshift shelter.

Hersi and her two-children arrived at the camp in the dead of night from Fadumo, 100 kilometers away. She is the latest among 300 families that have been displaced by drought in the last three months and have found refuge at the camp.

HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS, SEVERITY AND PEOPLE IN NEED, FOR DROUGHT AFFECTED ALL IN SOMALILAND

Drought affected in general the urban and rural population in Somaliland regions, but vulnerable groups deem the mostly effected communities in the country. As a drought assessment report, conducted in Minority IDP settlements of five regions by minority lead organizations – USWO and DYDO, shows that  minority internally displaced people; in particular, women and children are encountering difficulties and suffering conditions caused by drought effected Somaliland and in generally the horn of Africa.