Sustainable livelihood and food security are co-dependent. Access to food on a periodic basis is stability. Due to prolonged drought, food prices at local markets became too expensive for families to afford. People are then forced to resort to negative coping mechanisms like selling their household appliances, cutting back on meals, and taking children out of school. SOLO aligns its activity to eradicate that. We help in improving efficiency and integration of domestic food and reduce barriers to food trade. Our team aids in strengthening safety nets to ensure that vulnerable families have access to food.
- SOLO, in collaboration with the county governments of Garissa and Tana River, and with funding from @FAOKenya, carried out a slaughter destocking intervention activity meant to provide immediate access to food and income for drought affected communities in both counties.
- In the programme, 2000 households from Garissa and another 2000 from Tana River were given cash in exchange for 2000 healthy animals each at Ksh 4000, which were then slaughtered and meat distributed to 2000 vulnerable households in both counties.
- The programme provided relief meat to communities in danger of starvation and purchased livestock from farmers to prevent them from incurring losses.
- SOLO also in partnership with IFAD/SSG held a project I.e. building back better which; 240 young were employed as village based advisers (VBAs) to provide training and supply inputs to targeted beneficiaries in jubaland,Hirshabelle and south west states.
- 24,000 farmers and agro-pastoralists reached through (VBAs) to increase the productivity.
- 24,000 small packs of seeds distributed to farmers and agro-pastoralists.
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