Somalia humanitarian response

ALNAP ’s essential lessons for Somalia build on previous learning to inform planning and programming for the drought response. If you have other resources you think would be useful to include, submit a resource to our HELP library.

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15 essential lessons for humanitarian responders in Somalia - Briefing

This synthesis aims to provide evidence-based lessons for humanitarian efforts to minimise drought impacts and lay a base for resilient recovery.
7 March 2023
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- Evaluations and Lessons Learned
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Episode 2: Andy Wheatley & Ahmad Kazouini

Guests share experiences responding to the Somalia floods caused by El Nino.
19 July 2024
ALNAP, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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27 March 2026 / Ground Truth Solutions

“We do not wait helplessly”: How communities in Somalia are coping with a “double shock” drought

This report explores how communities enact strategies to navigate the 2025 drought amidst dwindling international humanitarian assistance.
- Research and Studies
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1 March 2026 / Institute of Development Studies (IDS), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Flagship Initiative Final Report

This final evaluation synthesises activities and learning that emerged from the Flagship Initiative.
- Evaluations and Lessons Learned
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1 March 2026 / IAHE

Synthesis and meta-analysis of findings from crisis-specific inter-agency humanitarian evaluations covering the period 2015-2025

The IAHE Synthesis exercise pulls together the findings from seven interagency humanitarian evaluations (IAHEs) covering nine different crisis contexts between 2015 – 2025.
- Evaluations and Lessons Learned
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14 January 2026 / World Food Programme (WFP)

Evaluation of Somalia WFP Country Strategic Plan 2022–2025

This evaluation serves accountability and learning purposes and informs the preparation of the next country strategic plan for WFP in Somalia.
- Evaluations and Lessons Learned
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11 December 2025 / Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG), ODI Global

The lives and livelihoods of internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia

This paper is part of a three-year project that aims to generate innovative and long-term thinking around livelihoods support in urban displacement.
- Research and Studies

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15 essential lessons for humanitarian responders in Somalia - Briefing

Episode 2: Andy Wheatley & Ahmad Kazouini

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“We do not wait helplessly”: How communities in Somalia are coping with a “double shock” drought

Flagship Initiative Final Report

Synthesis and meta-analysis of findings from crisis-specific inter-agency humanitarian evaluations covering the period 2015-2025

Evaluation of Somalia WFP Country Strategic Plan 2022–2025

The lives and livelihoods of internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia

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