Deputy SRSG de Clercq Highlights Urgent Need For Drought Relief Aid in Somalia

STORY: Deputy SRSG de Clercq highlights
urgent need for drought relief aid in

Somalia
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DATELINE: 02/02/2017, HARGEISA SOMALILAND, GAROWE
PUNTLAND- SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
HARGEISA, SOMALILAND:
1. Wide shot, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special
Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia
and also the UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator chairs a
meeting with the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), UN
agencies and the Somaliland Drought Committee
2. Med shot, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special
chairs a meeting with the NGOs, UN agencies and Somaliland
Drought Committee
3. Close up, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special
UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator
4. Wide shot, officials from NGOs, UN agencies and
Somaliland Drought Committee who attended the meeting
5. Med shot, officials from NGOs, UN agencies and
Somaliland Drought Committee who attended the meeting
6. Close up, an official present during the meeting
chairs a meeting with the NGOs, UN agencies and Somaliland
Drought Committee
8. SOUNDBITE: PETER de CLERCQ, DEPUTY SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR
SOMALIA AND THE UN RESIDENT HUMANITARIAN
COORDINATOR.
As a total drought response, (we need) $300 million in the first
quarter of the year to avert a disaster, to avert that were going
into a pure life-saving mode.

and Dr. Saad Ali Shire, the Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs
chair a meeting
10. Med shot, officials who were present during the meeting
11. Close up, an official who was present during the meeting
12. SOUNDBITE: Dr. SAAD ALI SHIRE, SOMALILAND
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
What is immediately needed is water and food, and that cannot
wait for mobilizing things. There are people out there who need
food and water now, today. Tomorrow is too late. The day after
tomorrow does not exist for them.

chair a meeting
14. Med shot, officials who were present during the meeting
15. Wide shot, Habaasweyne village in Hargeisa, Somaliland
16. Med shot, Habaasweyne village in Hargeisa, Somaliland
meets the community members of Habaasweyne village
19. Close up, an elderly woman talks to the delegation
about the drought crisis
20. Med shot, an elderly woman talks to the delegation
about the drought crisis
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL FOR
COORDINATOR.
It is clear that we are on our way to a famine if very quick action
is not being taken. Very large numbers of livestock have already
died. The livestock that is still there is in very, very bad shape.
We have just visited this village and none of the water sources
that was there before, that was shared actually between people
and animals is functioning at the moment. So people are
completely depending on water being trucked into this village,
and that is typical for many other villages as well throughout this
region.
24. Wide shot, Habaasweyne village

25. Med shot, Habaasweyne village
26. Med shot, some of the remaining livestock in
Habaasweyne village
27. Close up, some of the remaining livestock in
Habaasweyne village
Habaasweyne village
29. Wide shot, a woman grazes her goats in in the field
30. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) NAJA ALI NOOR,
HABAASWEYNE RESIDENT.
Getting water is our main problem; we cannot get even a drop
of water here. We have to trek long distances to get water. There
is no one point in the village where there is water. We appeal for
water and other basic aid. There is no water reservoir in this
area. This drought is the worst I have ever witnessed for five
years. We waited for the Deyr (Fall) but it never rained year after
another.
31. Med shot, a woman grazes her goats in the field

Habaasweyne village
33. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) MOHAMED SULDAN,
HABAASWEYNE RESIDENT.
The drought has hit us for three consecutive years. The drought
has left nothing untouched. It has ravaged everything, human
beings and animals alike. I used to have lots of goats in that barn
but all have died except those two. Most of the population has
since migrated to the western side of this region. Only children or
those too weak to trek have been left behind. Only God can do
something about this drought.
inspects a water catchment area
36. Med shot, a water catchment area in Habaasweyne
village
COORDINATOR.
This is the humanitarian response plan for $864 million for this
year. Out of that money, $300 million is very urgently required in
the first quarter of this year if were to avert disaster. And that
money will be required to keep animals alive basically, to keep
peoples livelihoods functioning. And if not within a few months,
well find ourselves in a real famine situation, just saving lives
and being unable to retain peoples livelihoods. And in that case,
its going to take much longer for people to come back to a
normal way of living.

meets Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo, the President of
Somaliland
meets Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo, the President of
Somaliland
42. Close up, an official who was present during the meeting
and Somaliland Minister of Information Osman Sahardiid hold a
press conference
44. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) OSMAN SAHARDIID,
SOMALILAND MINISTER OF INFORMATION.
The president informed the delegation that the current situation
of the drought is bad and that it would have turned catastrophic
if it wasnt for the intervention of the Somaliland government, in
conjunction with the people including religious people, business
people and local NGOs.
45. Med shot, journalists cover the press conference

COORDINATOR.
I will make available immediately about $32 million for Somalia
and Somaliland for immediate response. That is funding that
comes from OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs) in New York, this is the CERF (Central Emergency
Response Fund) as it is called. And theres also money from the
Somalia Humanitarian Funding that I have at my disposal. So that
money will be immediately available for work through NGOs and
UN agencies on the ground.
47. Wide shot, journalists cover the press conference
GAROWE, PUNTLAND:
Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia chairs a
meeting with the NGOs, UN agencies and Puntland Drought
Committee
49. Close up, officials present during the meeting
Committee
Committee
Committee
53. Wide shot, the meeting concludes
54. SOUNDBITE: RAAGE HAJI MOHAMMED, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR HUMAN INITIATIVE.
The numbers that we are talking about is about 30,000 to
50,000 households. If you put the math together, youre dealing
with about 200,000, 300,000, close to that, 1.5 million animals
that moved from all those regions to one valley. They dont have
water, the entire area has no water points.

and Raage Haji Mohammed, Executive Director, Human Initiative
Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia meets
Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Gaas
Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia
Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia and
59. Close up, Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Gaas
Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Gaas hold a press
conference
61. OUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ABDIWELI MOHAMED ALI
GAAS, PRESIDENT OF PUNTLAND.
We informed the visiting UN delegation about the delayed
response to the drought. The delegation acknowledged the delay
since they rely on donors for the timely delivery of aid. They
promised to expedite their response to provide all the support at
their disposal. We informed them of the Gu rainy season which is
due and appealed for help to arrive before then. They welcomed
the idea and we hope they will respond quickly.

COORDINATOR.
Many heads of livestock have been lost already, and the health
situation of people is quickly deteriorating as well as their
nutritional status. Well do everything possible together with the
Puntland authorities to make sure that the assistance is being
speeded up.
64. Wide shot, a health clinic in Garowe
65. Med shot, a health clinic in Garowe
66. Med up, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special Representative
of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia visits the health clinic
67. Close up, an official who was present during the visit
Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia visits the
health clinic
Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia
70. Wide shot a health clinic in Garowe
Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia talks to
some of the patients at the hospital
74. Wide shot, Salaxley village
75. Med shot, Salaxley village
76. Close up, community members from Salaxley village
Abdihakim Abdulahi Haji Omar, Deputy President of Puntland visit
Salaxley village
COORDINATOR.
At least 50 percent of livestock in Puntland has been lost. That
means peoples livelihoods are directly in danger and that if we
dont act very, very quickly, well move indeed to famine
conditions from the drought we are in at the moment.

Salaxley village
80. Close up, community members of Salaxley village
Salaxley village
COORDINATOR.
That money will be mostly spent on issues like food security, so
for instance cash assistance, in-kind assistance. Of course, water
for animals as well as for people, and then health because all
kinds of health-related issues are cropping up at the moment that
are directly linked to the drought.
83. Med shot, Peter de Clerk, Deputy Special Representative

of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia and Abdihakim Abdulahi
Haji Omar, Deputy President of Puntland visit Salaxley village
Deputy SRSG de Clercq highlights urgent need for drought

relief aid in Somalia
Mogadishu, February 2, 2017 - The Deputy Special

Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia,
Peter de Clercq, yesterday completed a three-day fact-finding
mission to Somaliland and Puntland in Somalia to highlight the
devastating impact of the current drought.
De Clercq, who is also the United Nations Resident Humanitarian

Coordinator for Somalia, saw first-hand the effects of drought
induced by sparse rainfall, dwindling water resources and poor crop
harvests in Somaliland and Puntland.
In a series of meetings with the Presidents of Somaliland and

Puntland, senior officials of United Nations agencies, non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) and regional drought
committees, de Clercq emphasized the need for urgent intervention
to save tens of thousands of lives.
As a total drought response, (we need) $300 million is urgently

needed in the first quarter of the year to avert a disaster, to avert
going into a pure life-saving mode, de Clercq said.
If swift action is not taken, he warned that Somalia will experience a

famine in 2017. Somalia experienced a devastating famine in 2011,
which killed over 250,000 people and ranks as the worst famine of
the twenty-first century.
Mr. de Clercq initially travelled on 30 January to Somaliland, where

the local drought committee reported 17 recent deaths caused by
hunger in the regions of Sanaag, Sarar, Togdher and Haud. The
leaders of those regions said more than 10 million animals have
starved to death on account of the current drought.
Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Saad Ali Shire appealed to the

international community for assistance. He said his government and
the local community had raised about $3.5 million in drought relief
funding, a sum he described as paltry in view of the magnitude of
the current drought.
There are people out there who need food and water now, today,
said the foreign minister. Tomorrow is too late. The day after
tomorrow does not exist for them.
Deputy SRSG de Clercq concurred with the minister and urged

international donors to respond promptly and generously to the
2017 Humanitarian Response Plan that is seeking $864 million for
Somalia.
Its clear we are on our way to a famine if very quick action is not
taken. Very large numbers of livestock have already died. The
livestock that is still there is in very, very bad shape, noted Mr. de
Clercq, who met with Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed
Mohamud Silanyo during his visit to Hargeisa.
Deputy SRSG de Clercq also visited rural areas of Somaliland.

Residents of the village of Habaasweyne described the drought as
the worst they had seen in three years.
Mr. de Clercq announced that $32m is available from the UN Central

Emergency Response Fund and the Somalia Humanitarian Fund to
launch a concerted drought response by UN agencies and NGOs
across the country.
On January 31 the Deputy SRSG flew to the Puntland capital of

Garowe. Mr. de Clercq heard Raage Haji Mohamed, the Executive
Director of the Puntland-based NGO Human Initiative, describe the
displacement of people and livestock caused by the drought along
the Somaliland - Mudug - Puntland corridor.
Youre dealing with more than 200,000 to 300,000 people and 1.5
million animals that have moved to this valley. They dont have
water, the entire area has no water points, Mr. Mohamed said.
Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas stressed the need for
the arrival of drought relief aid before the Gu rain season, which
usually occurs between April and June.
Mr. de Clercq assured President Gaas that the UN would work closely
with Puntland authorities to expedite the delivery of assistance.
According to the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit and the
Famine Early Warning Systems Network, the number of Somalis in
need of assistance has risen sharply in recent months, from an
estimated five million in September 2016 to over 6.2 million today.
The latter figure represents more than half of Somalias entire
population.
The number of Somalis facing crisis and emergency conditions

has also soared, rising from 1.1 million six months ago to a
projected 3 million between February and June of this year. The
plight of children is particularly grave: an estimated 363,000 acutely
malnourished children are in need of critical nutrition support,
including over 71,000 severely malnourished children who require
life-saving measures.
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9. Wide shot, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special

13. Wide shot, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special

24. Wide shot, Habaasweyne village

31. Med shot, a woman grazes her goats in the field

40. Wide shot, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special

45. Med shot, journalists cover the press conference

47. Wide shot, journalists cover the press conference

55. Med shot, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special

62. SOUNDBITE: PETER de CLERCQ, DEPUTY SPECIAL

79. Wide shot, Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special

83. Med shot, Peter de Clerk, Deputy Special Representative

Deputy SRSG de Clercq highlights urgent need for drought

Mogadishu, February 2, 2017 - The Deputy Special

De Clercq, who is also the United Nations Resident Humanitarian

In a series of meetings with the Presidents of Somaliland and

As a total drought response, (we need) $300 million is urgently

If swift action is not taken, he warned that Somalia will experience a

Mr. de Clercq initially travelled on 30 January to Somaliland, where

Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Saad Ali Shire appealed to the

Deputy SRSG de Clercq concurred with the minister and urged

Deputy SRSG de Clercq also visited rural areas of Somaliland.

Mr. de Clercq announced that $32m is available from the UN Central

On January 31 the Deputy SRSG flew to the Puntland capital of

The number of Somalis facing crisis and emergency conditions

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